I used to believe that the state seal (you know, the picture on the state flag) was an actual animal seal! I believed that every state had an animal seal at the state capitol! I believed this until I was in 7th grade.
A childhood belief about politics

others believed things like this
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- I used to think that an imbecile was some type of seal, before knowing that it meant someone stupid.Anon
- I used to believe that America was a state near the one I live in.Anon
- I used to think the Back Street Boys were black. I also thought Seal was a boy band. — Tufty
- I used to believe that California was my house, not the state I lived in.— Katie
- I thought Albania was the state of AlabamaAnon