At my school, the office lady would get on the intercom at the end of school and say "Prepare for dismissal now. Bus riders go first."
My ENTIRE year of kindergarten I thought she was saying "Prepare for this missile." and I remember thinking, "Oh no! What missile??" And BEGGING my mom to let me take the bus so I could escape first. I thought the school just favored the people who took the bus and let them get out first in case of a missile attack.
A childhood belief about classes

others believed things like this
- I thought rice was just another way to prepare a potato, like mashed or fries.— Me
- when I saw those prepare to meet thy god signs I thought they were beauty parlours for religous ladies only!— knuckles
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I used to think that girls' anuses were green. I remember thinking that as late as high school.— Jack
- when i first started school i thought the teachers lived in the school and slept on the tables.— emma
- When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon