In third grade, we learned about atoms for the first time, and I became convinced that I could see individual atoms. My best friend believed me, but my teacher just laughed. I still believed it for a while afterwards, though.
A childhood belief about i'm different
others believed things like this
- I thought the white circles you see when looking at a bright window were what atoms of air look like.— H.
- I believed that leaves on trees only became individual when you you close to them, and then I got glasses.— nola
- A[n] nth grade teacher only had to finish the nth grade when he or she was in school.— MD Caruso
- In first grade I believed that I was from Mexico because I could count to ten in Spanish.— Lara Roy
- Up until I was in 3rd grade I believed my bathing cap is what kept me afloat in the swimming pool! Anon
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon