When I was seven, I had the notion that if you cried too much, the social worker would come to your home and take you away from your family. They would put you in military school, I thought that all bad kids were sent there to do militial training.
A childhood belief about police
others believed things like this
- I thought that socialism just meant being social and didn't get why anyone would be against it!— Olcasgean
- I thought there was no midnight in military time; instead, it’d be 24:00.— Enrico
- I used to believe social security ensured you would always have friends— Stephanie Pardi
- I thought pretending I was sick to stay home from school was called cookie not hookie.— Jen
- I used to think that if I was home sick that no one else could go to school either. (it was MY school)— kirk
- I used to believe that training wheels were the different colored beads on the spokes.— Samantha