In the early 50's when I was in the early elementary school years we had bomb drills in school where we closed the blinds and got under our desks - I thought we closed the blinds so the bombers would think no one was there and hid under the desks in case they came in just to make sure no one was there.
A childhood belief about wars

others believed things like this
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I use to believe that teachers would live at school and sleep under there desks :) lol— Stephanie
- I used to believe that Venetian blinds came from Venus.— Valerie
- When a "mean girl" in early grade school asked me if I was a virgin I answered "no I am catholic."— Hilary
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- One of my friends in elementary school thought that Osama bin Laden was "a son of Aladdin". Anon