When I was in year 1 they told us that people came in different colours because god had made us all out of clay but had left some of us in the oven longer. HMMMMMMM not exactly P.C
Then when i went home and informed my mum of my new found wisdom she called and complained :)
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that clay pigeons were pigeon-shaped clay figures.Anon
- I used to believe that people's brains differed in colours. I always wanted purple brains for some reason.— Katrina
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- i used to believe everyone saw different colours but just described the same.Anon
- I used to wonder why the oven didn't set food on fire!— danielle
- I used to think that you could get a tan if you turned the oven on, opened the door and stood in front of it.Anon