i used to think that 0 and 1 were the same thing, with different names. i was sure i was right, so i kept correcting the teacher everytime she asked me what 11 minus 3 was.
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that my mum was the queen. She does look a bit like the queen... minus the orb and sceptre.— Vix
- I once asked my CCD teacher if eternal bliss in Heaven would get boring after a while.— Some Dude With A Name
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- At the age of around five, I realized that my mum's and dad's names were not mum and dad!— yelloworpurple
- I used to believe my parents names were mom and dad till i was 9— Sophiae
- As my parents had given me a name, I thought that it was up to me to give them names tooAnon