When I was in grdae 2, we were learning geograohy and I was asked by the teacher to read 'Niger' I had never heard of this country and thought it was pronounced with a hard G. It came out as "Nigger." A black kid in the class got so mad and accuse of being racist. Even the teacher could hardly believ I didn't know I was saying something wrong!!! I was totally hurt.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- I once asked my CCD teacher if eternal bliss in Heaven would get boring after a while.— Some Dude With A Name
- When I was a kid I found it hard to say "Sebastian". I always pronounced it "Sebastican". — Dave, Lancashire
- When I was little and learnign to read, I used to believe that chaos was pronounced "Chaa-Ose."Anon
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell