school

I used to believe…

When I was little i thought teachers lived at the school they taught at. My own mom was a teacher and lived at my house, but i still didn't make the connection for like 2 years.

I used to believe…

my mum used to always tlak about my much older family members going off to university. i thouhgt it was one huge building where everyone in the world went, and it had a picture of the globe on the front, like 'universal' the film people's symbol.

I think it was in second grade when, without explanation, a teacher guided me to a room where another kid had headphones on and was holding up one finger or no fingers in response to something. I thought it was a radio and we were supposed to hear music. All I heard was this beep so I never lifted a finger. The lady examining me sure looked puzzled. Good thing I wasn't transferred to a school for the deaf!

I used to believe…

Back when my sister was the age to start preparing for college, I heard her and her friends speaking of "taking college boards". At first I thought that meant that some wooden parts of college buildings would be missing from some strange ritual where prospective college students went and stole them.

I used to believe…

When I was in grade school.... such as 1st through 5th. I use to think that when I was home from school sick everyone else in my class was home from school sick too. It was as if school did not go on without me.

I used to believe…

When I was in preschool, I heard my father and some people building my fireplace swear, and I got in incidents with my mother for swearing at home. I knew I could get in trouble saying swears at home, so I thought, "If I swear at school, my parents won't know I did it." So at preschool, I recited a line from the book, "Love You Forever" which went, "And they always let him say bad words, like..." And from there on I'd say all sorts of swears. My teacher told me she didn't want to hear those words, but I kept going. My teacher and the director said they wanted to speak to me and my mom after school. I was in trouble. So I learned that swearing at school is actually worse than swearing at home!

I once thought that when on a school field trip, the rules didn't need to be followed. I found out I was wrong when in kindergarten, there was a girl I wanted a kiss from, and I knew we weren't supposed to kiss at school, and when I saw her on a school field trip, I asked her to kiss me. She said, "no." I asked her again and again, she kept saying, "no" again and again. Eventually my mom, who chaperoned this field trip, screamed my name. This is how I knew that even when on a school field trip, one still must follow the rules.

I used to believe…

One time at school, I was going to be in a Christmas event called, "It's a small world after all." The teacher had all the students come from different countries. I thought that if the teacher made you be a certain nationality, that you would be from that country. My teacher had me be from Norway. I cried and cried because of this, since I am pure Irish.

I used to believe…

In kindergartan I used to believe that teachers lived at school!

I used to believe…

When i was younger before i started school i asked my older brother what school was like and he told me that the older boys will put my head down the toilet and flush it everyday

I remember that when i was in 6th grade we were taught a lesson on the " man eaters of tsavo-thts some place in africa. The lesson talks about a lady who went out of her hut to answer nature's call and was killed by the tiger. I used to believe that " nature's call meant that the lady heard some bird call out and she went out to answer back the call. Coz as a kid whenever I heard a cuckoo sing I would sing back to it.

I used to believe…

When I was young, I was told about the whole immaculate conception thing. Later on, when my fifth grade teacher told the girl next to me that she had a misconception, I honestly thought that it meant she tried to have a baby but it didn't work. For the rest of the year, I thought (and told all of my friends) that poor kid had a miscarriage.

I used to believe…

When I was in kindergarten, I kept hearing strange noises coming out of the music portable. Since it sounded like stomping and trumpeting, I thought there were elephants in there. (It was really the 5th graders doing band practice.)

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When I was in first grade I had a teacher named Dershell. And because she was not married she was a Miss - so it became Miss Dershell or in my mind Mr. Shell - I spent the whole year confused why we were calling a lady Mr.

I used to believe…

In elementary school, I recited the Pledge of Allegiance by imitating the class without thinking about what words I was saying. For a long time, I recited it, "..and to the republic, for witches stand, one nation,...with liberty and justice frog."

I used to believe…

When i have just arrive to America (knowing little to no English)
I used to think that firedrills were drills design to help fat children excercise. I actually told my dad this and he believed me for a while, haha.