When I was about 6, our reading book at school had the story "Penelope Gets a New Bike." I thought it was pronounced "Pin-uh-lope", so when the teacher called on me to read, I said, "Pin-a-lope went to the park..." My teacher said, "That's pin-el-o-pe." Nobody laughed or anything, but I was still very embarassed.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I used to read about Lady Penelope and believe that her name was pronounced Penny-lope (lope as in antelope).Anon
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I used to think that my teacher lived at school until she came to school late one day. I was shocked!— Wow, you have a life?!
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- i thought that we were just a big story book that ended when we died— samantha