My parents told me that the lottery was a contest where the winner got a million dollars, and I mistakenly assumed that ALL contests had a prize of a million dollars. Imagine my excitement when, over the morning announcements, I heard my name being announced as the winner of the 2nd grade environmental poster contest. As I waited in the principal's office to get my prize, I imagined how proud of my parents would be of me when I came home that day with a million dollars. Alas, the actual prize of a free book left me disappointed, but at least I learned an important lesson that day.
A childhood belief about money
others believed things like this
- I believe my mom had to pay like a million dollars for me to go to school— kelsorocksursocks
- In a religious song, instead of “Jesus Christ” I heard “Cheese is Prize”— EJ
- One of my children used to believe that the Pulitzer Prize was spelled Pullet Surprise— Normand
- when i was a child,i used to believe that a "million" is a big bag full of coins— Kafka
- When i was in kindergarten, i used to think that i invented the words million and billion— Comonsnadama
- My older sister used to beleive that when it rained, the angels in heaven were having a spitting contest— Doblica W.