I rememeber when I was 5 or 6 and my teacher was taking attendance. She told us when she called our name we could either say "here" or "present". I always said present because I didn't realize they meant the same thing, I thought that by saying present we would get a present. I never could figure out why nobody else wanted a present besides me.
A childhood belief about classes
others believed things like this
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- I used to think people were made of dirt and mayonnaise. I kind of rememeber picking this up at church.— julia
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- I used to believe that "euthenasia" was "youth in Asia", and I couldn't figure why that was A Bad Thing.— Kellye
- I thought that exorcise and exercise both meant the same thing— Dobby Bob
- I thought the phrase "At one's disposal" meant you should dispose of the person or thing.— Geirskogul