Our teacher in 4th or 5th grade, actually had us believing that by the time we graduated from High School, we would all be travelling in cars that floated on air, like in that cartoon, "The Jetsons" or something...LOL..What a hoot! That would have been in the 80's by the way...
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- A[n] nth grade teacher only had to finish the nth grade when he or she was in school.— MD Caruso
- i used to believe that everyone got married the day they graduated from collegeAnon
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I used to think that my teacher lived at school until she came to school late one day. I was shocked!— Wow, you have a life?!
- I used to believe that you got married right after you finished high school or college. Anon