I thought Jaywalking meant you crossed the street without looking both ways and holding an adults hand... I think I was 12 before I realised that I wasn't jaywalking when I didn't look both ways..
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- I used to believe jaywalking meant walking around naked in public (from naked as a JAY bird...)— Izzi
- I used to think that I was smarter than adults. Now I know kids are smarter than adults in many ways— Marshall M
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- I thought that the "don't walk" sign at crosswalks meant to run across the street as quickly as possible!— richard
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen
- i used to believe that the no outlet signs meant that noone in that section of the street had electricityAnon