I used to believe the principal had a spanking machine in his office.
My Aunt Wilma told me the spanking machine at my cousin's school had an electrical short, and the shock you got hurt worse than the spanking, until they got it fixed.
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that our ansering machine was the washing machine and that it could talk
— tamara - When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- My cousin's mom told my cousin that pop makes you short. He probably believed it.— Molly
- I used to believe that if I put my arm in the washing machine while it was going that it would rip off.— Hannah
- I used to believe my bedroom closet was actually a time machine.— Carrie
- i thought an ATM machine was something which gave free money!!— Armani