I learned about opposites from Sesame Street and naturally assumed EVERYTHING in the world had to have an opposite. Spanish was the opposite of English, the sun was the opposite of the moon, candy was the opposite of vegetables, recess was the opposite of classtime, rollerblades were the opposite of bicycles, and cats were the opposite of dogs.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the opposite of “impressed” is “pressed.”Anon
- I used to believe that if I could kiss my elbow that I would turn into a girl (the opposite sex).— Rusty
- i used to believe that everyone was born as the opposite sex, and that you changed when you started school.— llama
- When I was little, I used to think that cats and dogs thought in English???— Isabella
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.