I was a small child during the twilight of the Soviet Union, and once the country Georgia (then a part of it) was mentioned on the nightly news. I started freaking out, thinking the Communists had invaded Atlanta. I was really worried that the Soviet Union would expand to Florida and the Carolinas and eventually to my house. My mother had to explain the difference between Georgia the country in Europe and Georgia the state by Florida.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think wars started when a sergeant from one country socked a sergeant from another country.— recovering
- I grew up in Hawaii, and was pretty sure that our country, the United States, was the fiftieth stateAnon
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- I used to beleive the U.S. was a boy because florida looked like a... you know...— Micah
- I used to believe that Florida was up in the clouds and that's why we had to take a plane to get there.Anon
- My dad told me that in Florida, snow is orange.— Belle