I used to think summer was a year long and would never end. The days were long and hot and I would ride my bike in what seemed years. I was not until high school that I realized in reality how short it was and it forever changed in my mind after that.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- I thought that 1983 went on for 3 years - had to ask my sister who decided how long a year lasted.— Sally
- my brother told me that if i ride my bike with my mouth open i will swallow my tounge. Anon
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- I used to believe that all the first names of judges was Justice till I was doing my 4th high school year.— Tafadzwa
- I thought that wars had to last four years... just like high school and college.— A. Falk