I arrived at a new elementary school in the fifth grade. At an assembly soon after arriving, the principal mentioned that there would be an essay contest. I had never heard the word "essay" before and assumed he meant "S.A." I wracked my brain trying to think of what the abbreviation could mean.
A childhood belief about classes
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you spelled "ESSAY" like "SA" and "EASY" like "EZ".— Lauren
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell