in first grade i thought the pledge was "...and to the republic, for riches stands..." and i remember getting so mad at the girl next to me for doing "which it stands". i found out in 3rd or 4th grade i was wrong all along.
A childhood belief about the pledge

others believed things like this
- I used to think "from which it stands" was "for Richard Stans".
— cobra - "...and to the Repulblic, sandwitches stands..."
— Shirley B. - Through second grade I always concluded the pledge with '...indivisible, with liberty and just a straw.'— George
- for my first Internet year, i believe all the ".ca" sites stands for Calif State websites.— ray cheng
- A[n] nth grade teacher only had to finish the nth grade when he or she was in school.— MD Caruso
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary