Silly misconceptions you had as a child

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1. Algebra is a foreign language. 2. You'll die if you swallow chewing gum. 3. Lesbian means black woman. 4. Racism is an eye disorder. Actually, there's a story behind this one. There was this "Let's fight racism" poster in the hallway of my elementary school, and it featured a Black, White, and Asian child in black and white. Being the kindergartner that I was, I came to the conclusion that racism must be some sort of eye disease that prevented people from seeing color. I mean, they also had these "Let's fight cancer!" posters tacked onto the walls, especially around the time of the Terry Fox Run.