Back when I first started school we were taught to remember directions: north was my head, south my feet, east my right hand, and west my left hand. So, to get to Alaska I would have to go straight up into the sky. Now I use a compass.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- When I was small, my brother would bug me and say that if my hand was bigger than my head, I had a tumor.Anon
- I used to hold my hand over my hair whenever i left the house and it was windy incase my hair blew away— lisa
- I used to believe that the North Pole was the coldest place in the world and the South Pole was the hottest...— Logica
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria