Judging by the sound of the word, I used to think an asylum was where everyone had to be silent. Well, it is a type of prison!
A childhood belief about criminals
others believed things like this
- I thought an asylum seeker was a crazy person who checked in to an asylum on purpose.— Nate
- I thought that asylum seekers were people who were mad and wanted to find an asylum.— Little Penguin
- I used to believe when a person was convicted of a crime and sent to prison, his lawyer went to prison, too.— Tara
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- I used to think a con artist was someone who painted pictures in prison.— Brandon Campbell
- I thought "prison" and "prism" are the same words as each other.Anon