I used to think deaf people didn't have ears and that's why they couldn't ear. I got confused when I met a deaf girl at the playground, and I said "You're deaf? You don't look deaf to me". After my mom asked why, I said "Because she has ears! Deaf people don't have ears!"
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- When I was little ,I used to believe that deaf people didn't have ears.— rainbow
- I'm deaf in one ear. Until I was 7 I believed that if I didn't sleep on my good ear, dinosaurs would eat me.Anon
- I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10
- I used to think that bees and wasps only stung people on the ears.Anon
- I used to believe that if I didn't clean my ears that carrots would grow inside.— Gilian
- My uncle told me that if I didn't wash my ears when I took a bath, corn would start going out of them.— Ebod