When I was about six, my cousin told me that a stipper was a dancer, like a ballerina. When ever anyone would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would respond with "I want to be a stripper!" Needless to say, they still haven't let me live that one down.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- I thought strip malls were just that, stripper clubs.— Neo
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon
- I used to believe that I really COULD be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a unicorn. Anon
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I wanted to be an elephant when I grew up. — Vix
- When I was 5, I wanted to be a bunny rabbit when I grew up.— Carrie