I used to think that the Pledge of Alliegence was something you had to do every day or God would get really mad, so in the morning on weekends I would quietly do the Pledge to this little plastic American flag. My mom never knew about this. Also, I knew the words but I didn't really know what they meant until 2nd Grade when our teacher explained it all. I thought it meant you were worshipping the flag and it seemed to me like you were supposed to bow to it.
A childhood belief about the pledge
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "Pledge" of Allegiance had something to do with our "Pledge" cleaner. — Pledge
- Through second grade I always concluded the pledge with '...indivisible, with liberty and just a straw.'— George
- I used to believe that a football ref's flag was a banana peel.Anon
- I used to believe New Zealand and Australia were part of the UK because they have a UK flag on their flags — H
- I thought the Pledge of Allegiance was "to the United Steaks of America," and that we were saying it to cows.— bessy
- I used to think that when I saw someone on TV whom I knew to be dead , it meant that it was his or her ghost.— Sophie