When I was about 10 I used to believe that when I was in school the world would wait until I got home before starting. One day I went to the doctor during school time and realised that the world carried on without me.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if I was home sick that no one else could go to school either. (it was MY school)— kirk
- When I was a kid, I believed that bible school was "beauty school", and called it that all the time.— Dana
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- Until a few years ago, I believed this was a "doggy dog" world, rather than a "dog-eat-dog" world.— jemima
- I used to think that when i went home from school everyone else ceased to exist.Anon
- I used to think that the phrase "It's a dog eat dog world'' was its a dogey dog world.— Gabral