When I was 8 or 9 there was a very unpleasant girl in my class. She was on my bus and lived at a place called "____ Manor," so I thought that's where they sent the really bad kids to learn their "manners." Every time my parents yelled at me for misbehaving, I thought that they didn't realize how fortunate they were to have me: at least I wasn't so nasty that I had to be sent to a manor!
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I thought when someone was described as being "mild-mannered" it meant they didn't have very good manners— Samilton Duerheiser
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- I always believed that we lived in Manchester (we didn't) but it was always the main place on the local news!— Richard M
- Migets were people who were bad when they were kids and there parents didn't let them grow up.— Teresa
- Until I was about 11, I thought it was called a 'Girl Cheese' sandwhich.— Chris
- When I was a kid I thought that when my parents were kids, the world was black and white and had no color...— KKM