When I was in 2nd grade my teacher used to say "I've got eyes on the back of my head". It made me think that adults can really grow eyes on the back of their head...but I was misunderstood. By that she means she can sense what's going on in the classroom without looking back..
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that my preschool teacher had eyes in the back of her head.Anon
- My mom always told me she had eyes in the back of her head. — Ellana
- When I was little, I believed my parents really had eyes in the back of their head.— Tera
- My mom said she had eyes in the back of her head. I looked and looked, but never found them.Anon
- if I watched too much TV, I would get 'googly eyes' as mom promised, and my eyes would pop out of my head.— claire
- I really believed, underneath her hair, my mom had an eye in the back of her head.— Jessica