in elementary school we had to get a pen pal in a different state to find out about that state, I got utah, but no one bothered telling me what a state was so...
my letter to my pen pal in utah was:
"so what language do you guys speak? do you guys have a king & queen, or a president like us". I'm sure they still have my letter to read when they need a pick-me-up
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- my friends mom used to sing "you talk sense" instead of utah saints.— nikki
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I thought Albania was the state of AlabamaAnon
- I used to think the entire state of Pennsylvania was made out of pencils.— Pencil-vania