I used to think that minimum wage meant that you were paid one cent an hour - since that's the lowest amount of money you could possibly get to!
A childhood belief about work

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M
- I used to think all money paid for goods at shops went to charity.— Tim
- When I was a child, I used to know that using cheques you could spend an endless amount of money— lollo
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- When I was a little kid I used to believe that tissue paper was money and that you could have a box of money.Anon