When I was a kid, I'd heard the words governor and government, which must have pretty much run together for me at one time. By the time I had it correctly figured out that the governor was a single elected official (for any given U.S. state, that is, thought I probably didn't understand that much at the time), I puzzled still over who the government was, thinking that that too must be one particular elected official. I clearly remember thinking, "I know who the governor is, but who is the government?", as if each were one particular person.
A childhood belief about politics
others believed things like this
- I used to wonder why the government didn't just make war illegal..— Samilton Duerheiser
- When I was little, I thought there were tiny cameras everywhere and they belonged to the government.— Brooke
- I thought that FDR was an government organization during the Great Depression, not a president.Anon
- When I was little I used to believe everything the government does is right and for the good of everyone.— Rob
- I used to think that at night at the beach the government would turn off the waves.— Caitlin
- i used to believe that everytime we elected a president was because the old one died!!:)— angel