My teacher held out a hand to say, "stop" but I thought she wanted a high-five.
A childhood belief about teachers

others believed things like this
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - i thought that if you held in your fart you burp if you happen to hold both in you explode!— ahh!
- I held my breath near cemeteries because I thought it would be rude to inhale spirits. Anon
- I thought that an ambassador was simply someone who wore a tuxedo, top hat, and a monocle, and held a cane.— GE