When I was little, my sister had a globe on which the states of the U.S. and those of Australia were shown in different colors, although elsewhere on that globe, different colors indicated different countries. I had already learned at the time that the U.S. was all one country. But for a long time thereafter, I thought that the states of Australia were all separate countries.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Hawaii and Alaska were different countries. I wondered were the other 2 states where!— x-nicola-x
- The very first time I saw a globe (of Earth, yes) I asked where "College" was located.— Shade
- I used to believe that the moon was another country and that all countries were little planets.Anon
- I used to believe that the United States were a planet, since I'm from another country.Anon
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor
- I grew up in Hawaii, and was pretty sure that our country, the United States, was the fiftieth stateAnon