When I was younger I thought that "exceptional" and "acceptable" meant the same thing, so when I was young and I tried really hard and the teacher whose class I got an A in their class (yes, I was young) said I was an "exceptional" student I was thinking he menat acceptable and wondered why getting an A was only acceptable and how much you'd have to do to get this teacher's respect.
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others believed things like this
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- I used to believe that the Chinese boy in my kindergarten class flew from China every day to get to class.— Debi
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- I thought that a "student visa" meant to use a credit card while travelling.Anon
- when i was young, when some 1 said time flies, i wondered why there wernt clocks flying aroun— Necrid
- When I was young, I really used to believe that 'R.I.P.' (on a gravestone) meant 'Return If Possible.'— Colin