In elementary school, I believed that every day, kids went to school and adults went to work, which meant the streets would be empty. I was shocked when I had to go to the doctor one day and saw cars out on the road. I thought for sure all these people must be playing hooky from work.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- I used to believe that school was a place kids go to get turned into adults.— Samantha
- 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 see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian
- 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?!