In primary school, I thought my teacher was diabetic, because she was testing a pen on her finger, and the red ink looked like blood.
I thought 'how can she be allowed to do that when she's working, in front of us kids?!'
A childhood belief about being ill
others believed things like this
- In primary school, a whole bunch of kids including me believed that watermelon seeds contained ants. — Caff
- Up until I was about seven, I thought soda pop was alcoholic and that's why kids weren't allowed it.Anon
- When I was at primary school I used to believe you could only marry someone who was the same height as you!— Lucy
- when I was young, I heard that blood had iron in it. I thought blood was red because it was rusty.— Hunter
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon