I'm a military kid, and when I was little, about 6 years old, my dad was going on tour to Yugoslavia. I didn't know where that was, so I asked him, and he said it was north of some other country. I didn't understand "north", or "south" etc. So I looked up into the sky, and asked, "How do you get up there? Is there a road that goes up there?" thinking you had to drive to the sky. He didn't see me looking into the sky, so he said, "yeah, there's a road that goes up there" as if it was a stupid question, lol. Thankfully, I do understand geography now.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that north was always straight ahead. I could never face south, but I knew it was behind me!— Bruces
- For many years I didn't understand why everyone was talking about the 'youth in Asia' (euthanasia).Anon
- I thought Santa was the President of the North Pole. It was stupid I know
lol— Lynn Wright - I used to believe that the North Pole was the coldest place in the world and the South Pole was the hottest...— Logica
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- I used to believe that which ever way you looked it was north, never understood how people got lost :-S— Simon