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<h2>While lying to your child isn&#39;t recommended from any of the mommy bloggers or parenting influencers, sometimes a little truth-bending about the law to get your kid to stop turning the light on in the backseat of the car is necessary...</h2><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/sy3qke/what_did_you_learn_in_elementary_school_that/">Reddit</a> user asked, &quot;What did you learn in Elementary school that turned out to be false/a lie when you reached adulthood?&quot; people were ready to share the hard and hilarious truths they discovered about their childhood beliefs.</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;That doesn&#39;t/won&#39;t slide in high school&quot; - BIGBOT6142</p> </blockquote><p> </p><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>That cracking your fingers gives you arthritis - Taylorcurley</p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>That I can&rsquo;t use my notes in life.</p> <p>TF does that even mean? I&rsquo;m always looking at my notes when I do my job. - Kanden_27</p> </blockquote><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>That in high school you can only write with pens, and only write in cursive. Both were false. - Creative_Psychology9</p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>That being an astronaut is way harder than they sell it as palpable career. - FreshKittyPowPow</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;This will go down on your permanent record.&quot; - Marionberry-Superb</p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>That if I went to college I would get a good job and be able to buy a big house with a pool. - Takingover4da99and00</p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>That my face was gonna get stuck like this - icantsaycaterpillar</p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;You won&rsquo;t always have a calculator in your pocket.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>Not even that long ago. Smart phones were already a thing. - silence_infidel</p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>Apparently bears just nap a lot in the winter and don&rsquo;t take a 3 month mega nap - IMNOTBOBFOSSE</p> </blockquote><p> </p><h2>&quot;Don&#39;t swim after eating,&quot; &quot;you&#39;ll catch a cold if you go outside without a coat,&quot; &quot;Santa won&#39;t come if you don&#39;t get in bed right now&quot;--parenting and teaching young children is sometimes sprinkled with harmless little lies...</h2><p>Whether you heard it from a peer or your flustered mom, we all had a few of our childhood delusions shattered into dust when he learned that marshmallows don&#39;t actually grow in a marsh or that the princesses in Disney World aren&#39;t immortal royalty.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Part of the magic of being a kid is exploring the world through a ravenously curious lens, but sometimes even adults miss the mark. Why are we still teaching kids skewed versions of history while threatening them with &quot;permanent records,&quot; or the unnecessarily intense D.A.R.E program?</p><p> </p><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>That Napoleon was short. Turns out he was average height for his time, and it was just British propaganda representing how small of a threat they perceived him to be. - OneTyler2Many</p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>Christopher Columbus proved the Earth was round by discovering America - LunarIncense</p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>Recycling plastic as an effective way to help save the environment. Turns out the whole campaign was started by the oil industry as a way to make people feel better about buying plastic, knowing all along that there was never any infrastructure in place to feasibly separate and clean plastics so they end up tossed in the landfill with everything else.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m hoping this will change as smaller companies start adopting better practices, but the vast majority of these are doing the same green-washing in the name of creating a &quot;positive environmental culture&quot; while actually not doing anything to help.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><blockquote> <p>As someone that really jumped into environmentalism and conservation, it was heart-breaking to learn about this. I&#39;m hopeful that we can make better advancements on biodegradable plastics, since ocean plastic is projected to triple by 2040 at our current rate. - Journey_of_Design</p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>There&#39;s no such thing as a stupid question - _Balorg_of_Mogorth_</p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>Nobody has offered me drugs yet. D.A.R.E made it seem like I&#39;d have to be running away from people in vans offering me drugs every time I went on a walk. - Minmach-123</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>Learning to type in the 90s pretty much every teacher I had insisted you needed two spaces after every period. - sploittastic</p> </blockquote><h2>17.</h2><blockquote> <p>&quot;You can do/be anything you want as long as you try hard enough and make good choices.&quot; - Theearthhasnoedges</p> </blockquote><h2>18.</h2><blockquote> <p>Authority should never be questioned. -kasatiki</p> </blockquote><h2>19.</h2><blockquote> <p>Don&rsquo;t talk to strangers online. If I had listened I wouldn&rsquo;t have met a lot pf cool people - stairwalker225</p> </blockquote><h2>20.</h2><blockquote> <p>Tastebud zones. - GrilledStuffedDragon</p> </blockquote><h2> </h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

20 people share the things they learned in Elementary School that turned out to be lies.

While lying to your child isn&#39;t recommended from any of the mommy bloggers or parenting influencers, sometimes a little truth-bending about the law to get your kid to stop turning the light on in the backseat of the car is necessary...So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;What did you learn in Elementary school that turned out to be false/a lie when you reached adulthood?&quot; people were ready to share the hard and hilarious truths they discovered about their childhood beliefs.1. &quot;That doesn&#39;t/won&#39;t slide in high school&quot; - BIGBOT6142  2. That cracking your fingers gives you arthritis - Taylorcurley 3. That I can&rsquo;t use my notes in life. TF does that even mean? I&rsquo;m always looking at my notes when I do my job. - Kanden_27 4. That in high school you can only write with pens, and only write in cursive. Both were false. - Creative_Psychology9 5. That being an astronaut is way harder than they sell it as palpable career. - FreshKittyPowPow 6. &quot;This will go down on your permanent record.&quot; - Marionberry-Superb 7. That if I went to college I would get a good job and be able to buy a big house with a pool. - Takingover4da99and00 8. That my face was gonna get stuck like this - icantsaycaterpillar 9. &ldquo;You won&rsquo;t always have a calculator in your pocket.&rdquo;   Not even that long ago. Smart phones were already a thing. - silence_infidel 10. Apparently bears just nap a lot in the winter and don&rsquo;t take a 3 month mega nap - IMNOTBOBFOSSE  &quot;Don&#39;t swim after eating,&quot; &quot;you&#39;ll catch a cold if you go outside without a coat,&quot; &quot;Santa won&#39;t come if you don&#39;t get in bed right now&quot;--parenting and teaching young children is sometimes sprinkled with harmless little lies...Whether you heard it from a peer or your flustered mom, we all had a few of our childhood delusions shattered into dust when he learned that marshmallows don&#39;t actually grow in a marsh or that the princesses in Disney World aren&#39;t immortal royalty.Part of the magic of being a kid is exploring the world through a ravenously curious lens, but sometimes even adults miss the mark. Why are we still teaching kids skewed versions of history while threatening them with &quot;permanent records,&quot; or the unnecessarily intense D.A.R.E program? 11. That Napoleon was short. Turns out he was average height for his time, and it was just British propaganda representing how small of a threat they perceived him to be. - OneTyler2Many 12. Christopher Columbus proved the Earth was round by discovering America - LunarIncense 13. Recycling plastic as an effective way to help save the environment. Turns out the whole campaign was started by the oil industry as a way to make people feel better about buying plastic, knowing all along that there was never any infrastructure in place to feasibly separate and clean plastics so they end up tossed in the landfill with everything else.   I&#39;m hoping this will change as smaller companies start adopting better practices, but the vast majority of these are doing the same green-washing in the name of creating a &quot;positive environmental culture&quot; while actually not doing anything to help.   As someone that really jumped into environmentalism and conservation, it was heart-breaking to learn about this. I&#39;m hopeful that we can make better advancements on biodegradable plastics, since ocean plastic is projected to triple by 2040 at our current rate. - Journey_of_Design 14. There&#39;s no such thing as a stupid question - _Balorg_of_Mogorth_ 15. Nobody has offered me drugs yet. D.A.R.E made it seem like I&#39;d have to be running away from people in vans offering me drugs every time I went on a walk. - Minmach-123 16. Learning to type in the 90s pretty much every teacher I had insisted you needed two spaces after every period. - sploittastic 17. &quot;You can do/be anything you want as long as you try hard enough and make good choices.&quot; - Theearthhasnoedges 18. Authority should never be questioned. -kasatiki 19. Don&rsquo;t talk to strangers online. If I had listened I wouldn&rsquo;t have met a lot pf cool people - stairwalker225 20. Tastebud zones. - GrilledStuffedDragon  

While lying to your child isn&#39;t recommended from any of the mommy bloggers or parenting influencers, sometimes a little truth-bending about the law to get your kid to stop turning the light on in the backseat of the car is necessary......