When I was little my father wanted to teach me Cantonese, I refused to learn because I thought "Oh no, nobody is going to understand me. How will I communicate?"
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I never did understand why it was "Our Father, who aren't in heaven".— Edith
- I used to think that singers couldn't talk-they could only communicate by singing.Anon
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin
- I thought that a "sugar daddy" was a father who let his kids eat all the sugar they wanted.Anon
- When I was little I thought grown ups could fly but wouldn't tell me about it or teach me until I got older.— James the Great
- I used to think that my cat was an alien that had come to teach me how to be good!— laz