When I went to pre-school, I thought that the name of it was actually "pretty school". This is how I pronounced it, and how I heard everyone else pronounce it. And I never thought, hey, this isn't where kids go to get pretty or anything like that. That's just what it was called for some reason.
A childhood belief about classes
others believed things like this
- My mom used to think "preschool" was called "pretty school" until a few years later.— Molly
- Since we receive bread at Mass, I thought he was called "Jesus Crust" Seemed pretty obvious!Anon
- When I was a kid, I believed that bible school was "beauty school", and called it that all the time.— Dana
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- when i first started school i thought the teachers lived in the school and slept on the tables.— emma
- I thought pretending I was sick to stay home from school was called cookie not hookie.— Jen