In 1st grade my teacher told me to remind her that I had to leave at 1 pm for a dental appointment. I thought that meant I had to remind her every few minutes, so from 8-1, I raised my hand every 15 minutes or so & reminded her. She never got mad or acted like I was doing something strange!
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I thought the big hand was for the hour and the smaller one was for the minutes until i was in third grade.— Time Challenged
- I used to believe that I would be paralysed if I sat on the floor for more than 20 minutes— bittergrass
- If you eat 30 minutes before swimming, you will sink.Anon
- I used to believe that Andy Rooney, of 60 minutes, was my real father!— KM
- i used to think that you would die if you didn't wait 30 minutes to go into the pool after eating. (^^)— cady
- I thought that a quarter hour was 25 minutes long, since a quarter was worth $0.25.— Crystal