I thought the big hand was for the hour and the smaller one was for the minutes until i was in third grade.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- I thought that a quarter hour was 25 minutes long, since a quarter was worth $0.25.— Crystal
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- When I was smaller I used to think that if I broke the Tv the characters would come out x]Anon
- I used to believe that clothes got smaller if you didn't wear them very often.Anon
- I used to believe a pickle was a smaller version of the cucumber.Anon