When I was about eight, I thought that all teachers had bad breath. My mom said, "What's teacher's breath?" Turns out that every teacher I had had up until then was a smoker. I just thought it was part of being a teacher.
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- I used to believe that the teacher's lounge was where the teachers went to make out.— Julia
- If you hold your breath and make a wish under a highway tunnel it will come true....I still hold my breath :)— aj
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- A friend on mine thought that smoking menthal cigarettes would make his breath minty fresh.Anon