A science teacher I had in 7th grade actually stated that broccoli is actually miniature trees. Even at 13 yrs old I knew he was full of it!
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that broccoli were small trees Anon
- I used To think trees were giant peices of broccoliAnon
- I thought that broccoli were just trees that didnt grow all the wayAnon
- I used to believe that broccoli grew on trees. It looks like a tree, so it made sense, right?— Catherine...
- A[n] nth grade teacher only had to finish the nth grade when he or she was in school.— MD Caruso
- I used to think that broccoli was a shrunken-down tree,Anon