In school I was told the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. And China is at the opposite end of the earth. So I started digging a hole to get to China the fast way. I didn't get there yet. So much for shortcuts.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that went the sun went down, it went down into the ground over in China.— Danielle, AL
- I used to think China and Japan where the same.— Lunarmoon
- i used to believe that everyone was born as the opposite sex, and that you changed when you started school.— llama
- When I was in kindergarten, I was convinced I could dig my way out of a sandbox and off to China.Anon
- when i was young i used to think japan and china were the same country— i like star wars
- I used to think that Hadrian also built the Great Wall of China.— Spacey