When I was in elementary, I believed that the term " make-up work ",(the work you owe when you're absent), meant that I would Actually get to play with make-up. Beleive it or not, nothing came along to prove me otherwise until the sixth grade!
A childhood belief about classes

others believed things like this
- When I was little I believed little men and little women worked inside my body to make everything work.— Ashley
- I thought that when the lights went out, putting a candle behind the tv would make it work :)— Ricky
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- I used to beleive that eggs were actually poop from chickens, and that eating it would make you throw up.Anon
- I believed that when you got married (the wife) you didn't have to work. Boy, was I fooled. ha ha ha— Patty