As a kid, I had a dining place mat with a map of the United States on it that showed Alaska and Hawaii in insets at the bottom. Even when it was explained to me, I absolutely refused to believe they were not depicted in true location and scale to the rest of the country. I knew for a fact that Hawaii wasn't far from the California coast and that Alaska was in some sort of bay in Mexico. Seriously.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Hawaii and Alaska were different countries. I wondered were the other 2 states where!— x-nicola-x
- I grew up in Hawaii, and was pretty sure that our country, the United States, was the fiftieth stateAnon
- I used to believe that the United States were a planet, since I'm from another country.Anon
- I used to think that Alaska was an island!— Draqula
- i used to believe alaska was an island because of the way they put it on our booksAnon
- I used to believe that the cold war was happening in Siberia or Alaska.— Liam