In elementary school, I used to think that the staff were hiding stuff (if I knew what at the time, I've since forgotten; it may have been captives) behind the mysterious locked doors that seem to be in every school.
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- 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
- When I was in elementary school, I believed my heart moved across my chest throughout the day.— Allison
- One of my friends in elementary school thought that Osama bin Laden was "a son of Aladdin". Anon
- When I was a kid, I believed that bible school was "beauty school", and called it that all the time.— Dana