What simple, but important thing were you not told growing up, or actively mislead about?

Nobody does anything for nothing -- my dad.

Nothing.

I was never mislead on any facts that was presented to me.

If I made a mistake it was not from not being told of an outcome but from my own actions. To experience life is to live and learn by doing things yourself.

This does not apply to all, some people need more guidance then others.

That the key to success is education and hard work. Turns out it's actually who you know and how much they like you.

But I'm not bitter.

Existance of a power greater than myself.

That keeping up with the Jones' is not important, who you are inside is.

That not everyone in te world is going to love n hate u

That if I swallowed a watermelon seed I would grow a watermelon in my stomach.

religion

i cant say i was mislead really but i never really knew it existed unitl i hit middle school.

if a boy is mean to u, he likes u

been ther, done that

that it's ok to beat up other males but not females.