In the first grade, I heard one Mom talking to another Mom, bragging about how her child had gotten "straight A's"
I examined my own perfect report card very carefully, quite upset that my A's might not be straight.
A childhood belief about classes

others believed things like this
- I used to think making straight A's in school was literally writing A's straight. Anon
- I used to think that if I told even one little whhite lie, I would go straight to hell.— Debbie
- if you eat toothpaste straight from the tube, you will get worms— wormelow
- that the money I gave at sunday school would go straight to God.— christine
- I used to believe that the heat from the furnace came from hell, and that it was a straight drop there.Anon
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces