My mum used to take me to preschool on her bike. On the way we'd pass a place where American troops stayed, near a defence base, and they flew the American flag (we're in Australia). For years I thought that I was visiting America on my way to preschool
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- My mom used to think "preschool" was called "pretty school" until a few years later.— Molly
- i used to believe i was native american because i was a native of america!!!— rachel
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- From preschool to 1st grade I thought that every boy had a "henis."— I know what they're called now
- In preschool, I thought that the letter N came twice in the alphabet- W X Y N ZAnon
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon