I remember in gr.1 learning to make the number 8 as 2 circles. Then in gr.2, my new teacher said to make it like a figure 8.
For the longest time I thought my 2 teachers would get in a fight about which way to make an 8.
A childhood belief about counting

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the teacher's lounge was where the teachers went to make out.— Julia
- I thought Pink's "You make me sick" was "you make me sick, you make me look like a candlestick" LOL— Rice
- When I was younger I asked my parents:
"If bees make honey, do flys make marmalade?"— Mike - I used to believe that the saying "2 wrongs don't make a right" was "2 wongs don't make a white"Anon
- I remember once a friend of mine told me that when ever you hold in your pee it would make your balls stronger— Zao
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin