I used to believe that "Tallest Person in the World" was a job and that it paid good money. When I was in elementary school I always tried to be the tallest and when someone beat me, I was heartbroken.
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that my father was the tallest man in the world— tiara
- In the 1990s, when I was a kid, I used to believe that Michael Jordan was the tallest man in the world!— Sara
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M
- I used to think all money paid for goods at shops went to charity.— Tim
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon