I was in 1st standard, and I reached home and told my mom and my sister that the teacher has got a big slate upon which she writes. They had a hearty laugh before they told me that was called a "black board". Well, i didn't hear the last of it for years!
A childhood belief about classes

others believed things like this
- I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon
- I used to believe that a weegie board was some sort of surf board.— Missa
- My mom told me that if I didn't wash my hair black widow spiders would come live in it.— grew up in Nebraska
- My sister once asked her mother why she didn't paint her black....Anon
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- my mom told my sister and I that if you swallow gum, it won't leave ur stomach for 7 years.— Victoria