The Myths And Misconceptions I Believed As A Child.
What a beautiful topic to write about.
We all have once believed in myths or misconceptions as kids until we found out the truth.
To that end, I will attempt this prompt;
1️⃣ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍʏᴛʜs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪsᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴs ᴡᴇ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴏᴜʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʜᴏᴏᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ᴅɪᴅ ᴡᴇ ᴜɴᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟɪsᴛɪᴄ?
"If a boy touches you, you'll get pregnant".
Many ladies in the building can relate to this phrase mostly said to us by our mothers, and I am not indifferent to it. While growing up, my mom will call all her daughters together every morning and begin with her motherly advice, of course, she was trying to protect her girls.
She never told us the truth about pregnancy, the only thing she said was "Just avoid men, once they touch you, automatically you will be pregnant and you'll be a school dropout."
One day I was on my way to school, my school was about 30mins away from home, and by bus, it was about 15 minutes.
I was very late for school so I decided to take a bus, fortunately, I saw one of my schoolmates, I was in JSS3 as at then and he was in SS2, we were both at the bus stop waiting for a bus when a bus stopped, it had just one seat left, Adeleke jumped in and offered to lap me, but I bluntly refused because I thought I will eventually get pregnant, mom's word kept ringing in my head, everybody in the bus asked me to come over so that my classmate will lap me, I couldn't tell them why I didnt want him to lap me, so I told a lie that I was waiting for someone else.
Omo, that's how the bus zoomed off oh and left me to my fate when I eventually arrived at school, I was flogged with six strokes of the cane for coming very late, well I was happy I made Mama proud, at least I wouldn't get pregnant, I kept believing that shit until I got to S.S.S.1
In biology class, while I was in S.S.S.1, our teacher talked about the reproduction system.
Ghen ghen ghen, in that class, Mrs. Jegede explained how the sperm fertilizes the egg and all we needed to know about reproduction.
At that moment I felt like a fool, so Mommy had been lying to me all along.
I regretted how I was beaten a few years back because I feared being pregnant by a mere touch from the opposite sex, like I feared letting boys tap me, I always gave them space.
I busted into laughter and explained to my teacher what my mom taught me and then I realized she didn't know how to explain sex education to her girls because she felt we were too young or it felt like a taboo.
Did I take advantage of my newfound truth?
Not at all, I still set boundaries for guys, even though I knew the truth, but this time, I saved most of my transport because I would let a boy lap me on a bus. 😃😃
I made more friends with guys and stayed chaste and disciplined.
When rain and sub collide A Lion or Elephant is giving birth.
I believe this misconception more than anything in the world, that I am so ashamed of myself now, "Amie just look at you." 😃😃😃😃
Well, I found out through research that isn't true at all, and that was when I finished my secondary school days.
I learned that it happens when the wind blows the rain to an atmosphere where there is no cloud, in fact, it is even called "the sun shower".
When you swallow seeds of orange they will grow in your stomach.
Courtesy of my elder sister, who scared the hell out of me while I was younger.
I would cry my eyes out when I mistakenly swallow orange seeds and force myself to throw up, I feared that an orange tree will grow in my stomach.
But as time passed by, as I grew older I realized it was just a myth.
Leke Leke gimme white fingers.
😅😅🤣😅🤣, I am rolling on the floor now.
I would stand outside my house then and wait for the Cattle Egret and sing to them to have a white finger.
Coincidentally it worked, but I know it's just a myth because we don't wave to Leke Leke anymore now that we are adults and sometimes we still have the white pigment on our fingers.
Beans are protein.
Gosh, I would have been the tallest girl in Nigeria by now considering how much I consumed beans.
I realized that beans have more carbohydrates and fiber just a few years ago, while I was watching #AprokoDoctor's skit/video.
I was so ashamed of myself😃😃😃😃, I even made research to confirm it and yes, he was right but our teachers were so serious about teaching us nonsense 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Young children are advised to consume more milk, fish, and eggs as they are e better source of protein.
The list is just endless😅😅 when I look back at the things I once believed in, I laugh and yes I am happy because I know better now. Like an Adage says The truth will set you free.
Gifs powered by #tenor.
Thank you for stopping by, till we meet again, this is Amie Geoffrey.
keep safe.👋
Comments
Post a Comment