When I was in elementary school, (before I knew the concept of so many feet equaled a mile), I always thought that a mile was the distance between 2 road signs. So, when I figured this out I thought I must be traveling lots of miles, even though I was only going to school.
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I used to believe a mile was the distance between telephone poles.— Allegra
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- One of my friends in elementary school thought that Osama bin Laden was "a son of Aladdin". Anon
- I used to see "End Road Work" signs, and thought they were a sort of protest.— Sebastian