In my elementary school, there were two kids with Down syndrome. I didn't really understand what was up with them because no one would talk about it - I only knew that they looked funny, in sort of the same way, so I assumed they were related.
When I found out the truth I felt like I'd committed some terrible crime, and every time I come across someone with Down syndrome, I'm a little afraid they'll be mad at me for it.
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- 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 all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- i used to think that bugs could understand and talk with us— DarkDeku