When I was in elementary school I had no idea that Great Britain and Enlgand were the same county or even in the same general area. Imagine my confusement when I heard about the UK, too.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the word Great was added to Britain because they won the Second World War.— Age
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- I used to think my elementary school gym teacher's name was "Jim Class".— Brandon Campbell
- I used to think that County Durham was in Ireland.Anon