I used to believe that teachers could make up their own name when they became teachers, I didn't realize it was their last name. I thought they could just pick one. Such as Ms. Smith.....
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- I believed that our teachers lived at school. They were teachers--they had no reason to leave :)(Anon
- I used to believe that teachers built missiles when they went to the teachers lounge.— HOLLIS
- I used to believe that the teacher's lounge was where the teachers went to make out.— Julia
- I used to believe that Will Smith's name wasn't Will Smith, but that it was World Smith.— Scott
- I thought all the teachers slept at school.— Ryan
- I thought all teachers in school were married to each otherAnon