When I was in sixth grade I was deathly afraid of my science teacher. I swear I thought she was out to get all of us. I thought she had a pet cobra hiding in her purse and a pet chimera (animal hybrid of mythology) hiding in her closet that she released on students giving her a hard time. I'd hide behind other students and COULD NOT manage to smile in that class AT ALL. And once I SWORE I saw that chimera roaming the halls (it was probably just another student or a teacher). I was reading about cryptozoology and was looking for chimera sightings thinking one of them was her letting her chimera outside. She gave me nightmares all the time. It took me six months to stop fearing her and to get over my belief in her evil pets.
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.Anon
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- A[n] nth grade teacher only had to finish the nth grade when he or she was in school.— MD Caruso
- When I was in kindergarten, I used to believe that they locked the teacher's in the teacher's lounge at night.Anon
- im grade 2, my teacher said that she was 2000 years old and i belived her— ---pepsi---
- I used to think that the easter bunny was hiding behind my stuffed rabbits!— Jane Rom