When I was 5 years old and living in Texas, my mom and I flew to Michigan to visit family on a regular basis. I had trouble with the terms "north" and "up there".
At the time I thought that to get to Michigan, the airplane had to fly straight up, like a super elevator taking us to a floor way up on a high rise. I spent some time trying to figure out how far away Michigan really was if each state had it's own layer. I'm now a social studies teacher and have to giggle when I think about my early impressions of US geography.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.— valerie
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- I thought that socialism just meant being social and didn't get why anyone would be against it!— Olcasgean
- i used to believe if i went to sleep monsters would get my family, so i thought i stayed up all the time— Luc Lemmel
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara