I would like to ask everyone how the results of their childhood studies? Is not that we study not very good overall
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I was a very bright child. They thought I was âgiftedâ or whatever. I definitely showed signs of high functioning autism since I was young.
I was also difficult. I would argue with teachers. âUnable to concentrate during classâ was a common comment in my report cards.
I was very stubborn. I did not test well. So much that I refused to do any testing. I never did. From elementary school to my grade 12 exams, I just flat out refused.
I also never did homework. And I would miss class lots once I was in middle school. I would even swear at my teachers. I was not afraid of punishment.
It seemed to me that when I was young I was very motivated to learn and was very intelligent for my age. The older I got the more pressure I had because I was âbrightâ so everyone expected me to succeed.
I struggled with an ED in middle school. That was also the time I fell into a bad depression and was self harming. From then on I felt not like myself.
I used to love reading. It was literally my life. Now Iâm unable to read. It makes me tear up just thinking about it. I think if I never had mental illness I would be taking many university courses and be very eager to learn.
I feel completely dumb now. Maybe itâs because of my medication. Maybe itâs because my depression is so bad that I have no motivation or attention span. Who knows.
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I was very good, I wasnât able to go to school anymore when I was 17.
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I passed every test!! I did none of the homework⌠so I was a very average student academically.
Iâd always get bored and cause disruptions though especially in elementary school.
Then in middle school I caused lots of fights
High school was more fights but I learned to control my temper. But I still got treated like a criminal for outbursts.
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I learned the usual ways. By taking notes of lectures in class, by reading the text books and underlining the texts with highlighter and by studying my lecture notes and taking quizzes and tests. I was a good student all throughout grade school, high school and college. I was in all advanced classes in high school, although I fought it.
Almost same hereâŚ
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My mom started me off reading when I was very young. I soon became a voracious reader and in elementary school I was usually well ahead of my classmates in reading skills, including comprehension and on a higher level. I was reading adult books when I was 9 or 10 years old. (no, not that kind).
I continued that until a little while after I got diagnosed when I was 19. Now, I hardly read for pleasure at all. Most of my reading now is schlocky articles on the internet. Stuff about celebrities or animals or celebrity animals and crap like that. But I was a pretty intelligent kid. And I still am intelligent.
But the funny thing was that in elementary school I was friends with all the cool kids but I was like the smartest kid in class without being a geek (or a âbrainâ we called it in the seventies). I played tackle football at recess in sixth grade and drank and smoked but I got the best grades in class (except for this one damn girl). Anyways, I am working on getting my college degree and I read any textbook just fine. My next class will be Philosophy 1. I think (I hope) it will be interesting.
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Omg You are still in college. You are good.
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