I used to think that the only country on Earth was America, and that there were only four states: California, Washington, New York, and Oregon where I lived.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor
- I used to believe that China was attached to the United States somewhere up near Washington state.Anon
- I used to believe that the United States were a planet, since I'm from another country.Anon
- I used to think that America was the only country that had cars.Anon
- I grew up in Hawaii, and was pretty sure that our country, the United States, was the fiftieth stateAnon
- I used to believe that the lower level of the George Washington Bridge in NYC was named Martha Washington— Shayne