When I was very small, my parents always told me not to believe everything you saw on television. That's a good lesson to teach kids, but unfortunately for me, they weren't very specific. As a result, I got it into my head that EVERYTHING on TV was pretend.
I got my facts straight some time after I started kindergarten. My teacher was teaching us about the alphabet. I tried to tell her that the alphabet wasn't real, and that it was just a pretend thing on Sesame Street. When my parents came to pick me up that day, she had a little talk with them...
A childhood belief about tv
others believed things like this
- I used to think that apple juice was beer and I'd drink it all the time and pretend to be drunk.— Dee
- I used to believe that aliens would come and take me if I wasn't good to my parents— somebody
- I used to believe there were two "N"'s in the alphabet. As in... L, M, N, O, P..... and X, Y, N, Z.— kim
- I used to belive there were two N's in the alphabet, one after M and one before Z.Anon
- I heard a mother in the street tell her young son not to pick his nose...because his head would cave in. — Ruby
- When I was little I thought that you said minnow in the alphabet. You know m, n, o...— Brandy