What kind of high school did/do you attend?

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co-ed all the way... I switched high schools in 9th grade though. I went for half a year in 9th, had a breakdown of sorts, got suspended for 2 weeks, changed to cyber school for half a year, then moved to a nearby area with a different hs. I like this hs much better, seems more easy going. lunch is the crappiest period though, because I always sit alone where I'm more comfortable, yet people stare at me sometimes which is irritating. The period is way too long, so I eat then sleep for awhile. Also, i've had to not take too many honors or ap classes because they're too stressful for me. I can get great grades, but what teachers don't understand is I'm killing myself inside, as there's more need for talking, presenting things, etc in those classes. The teachers in those type classes are sometimes snobs that won't make accommodations for me, so I just stay away from them.

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Co-ed. I couldn't imagine being in an all girls school either.

I attended a small Lutheran High School not too far from my house. It was co-ed. I liked the school.

I went to a public high school that was on a Indian Reservation and because I lived in a small town, the school wasn't very big and it wasn't like the normal high schools in cities. Kids didn't tease others kids who were in special ed and because I was, I guess I was protected from the bullying or unless kids there just didn't tease and bully others because we had a better school system about the bullying policy and the teasing. We also shared the cafeteria with the middle school students and whenever it was lunch time, our cafeteria was in the middle school. That's where we went to band and choir too, in the middle school building. Also the middle school kids went into our high school for Spanish. The schools there in my town followed the IEP system very well and did what was best for the student instead of giving parents crap and the parents don't have to keep fighting fighting for their child's education rights. But I'm sure the child would have to be diagnosed with a disability for the school to follow the child's needs because the parents could just make anything up about their child to make things easier for them and doctor's just don't label a child if they don't even have that condition and they know it.

I attended a public, co-ed high school.

It was in an area that was on the borderline between suburban and inner-city (I lived in Pasadena, Texas at the time--it's a suburb of Houston). My school was about 70% Hispanic, 28% white, and 2% others. The main cliques were the Tejano culture, and the kicker culture (cowboys, country music, etc.).

I mainly hung out with the other honor students. I was mainly in mainstream courses, but I was in a couple of AP courses as well. There were a few fights (none involving me, thankfully), which were mostly between two girls, and in one incident, one of the girls was pregnant.

The worst incidents involving another student involved my then-girlfriend Claudia. She was tricking me into doing things that were illegal. She cheated on me during my first year in college.

Tim

I went to a fairly prestigious public school and was known for being good in math. But I still felt ostracized by the top students who were "very good" in math and science and definitely at the level of magnet hs students.

Anyways, I hated high school and didn't care about it or get "great" grades. It was really a waste of time and they assign too much pointless work.

I am even disliked by the teachers teaching the most advanced science and math classes at my school. Even though I am probably one of the best math students at my college now(and with good grades), I don't think the professors like me either. By telling the truth about how I feel about learning and dislike of formal education, I am now disliked by three math professors who I was on good terms with before.

co-ed public high school first two years, then a career tech school (I don't know if they have those outside of Ohio, but it's way better than public high school because we actually learn some useful/interesting things. I'm also taking some college classes at the same time) these last two years. I would NEVER go back to regular high school. I would also never ever want to go to an all girls school.

In theory, my HS was "co-ed". In practice, it was 75% male and dating was strongly discouraged (out of the fear that it might lead to fornication).

Like almost everyone else in Scotland, I attended a co-educational secondary school. It was a typical 'comprehensive' school, with some setting within year groups for some subjects but no accelerated classes.

It was almost all white, although there were quite a few people of Far Eastern ethnicity. There were no distinct stereotypical subcultures (eg. geeks, athletes, goths, punks, hippies, etc.) that I could detect, although some pupils were obviously more popular then others. There wasn't a big sport culture at my school either. The school didn't try to force religious beliefs on us either.

I didn't really enjoy my school days. The qualifications I gained there (Standard Grades) are next to useless, and I found socialising difficult.

I was home-schooled since the fifth grade but I didn't get a diploma from it because I got very sick and couldn't do anything but lay in bed. If I tried to get out of bed, I got very dizzy and would often fall. When I did finally get better, my mom decided she didn't want to help me anymore and said that if I wanted to finish school it was up to me. She didn't even help me find a place to get my GED or anything. I eventually moved to the city and found a program where people over the age of 22 could get a high school diploma and that's what I ended up doing. I graduated at 30 but at least I graduated somehow. I didn't attend the graduation ceremony but then I never wanted too either.

I go to a private catholic high school. There's bound to be other aspies here but I can't tell.

I was homeschooled from fourth grade through graduation, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I rather hated middle school and most of high school (the time period in my life--puberty sucks--more than the actual schooling), though I do miss having friends who have time to roleplay. My parents are both public school teachers, so I'm pretty grateful that I didn't have to go there.

I go to a private coed school.

It’s pretty nice compared to other stories I’ve heard. Other aspies online seem to complain about teachers not accomodating to your needs. But they let me listen to white noise in class for my strong noise sensitivity and I get to go outside before I get to the meltdown stage. I still have to make up with the classes I missed with Saturday classes though. Cases of bullying around the school is taken seriously by the teachers including those who bullied me throughout my life. No teacher punishes me for stimming in class because I look “distracted” or punish me for walking around in the back of class because of vestibular hyposensitivity. There are exceptions to the rule though, but no school is perfect.

Damn teachers here are doing something right. That’s for sure. I think I’m closer to the teachers and other adult school staff than I am to the students.

Most of my hobbies are hobbies rarely anyone I know actually bothers with. Even if I’m in Science and Math specialized classes, many of the students in it don’t really like Science and Math as a hobby. So most days I’m mostly alone reading or thinking to myself. Not that I hate being alone, I really enjoy being alone researching the most in life.

It’s one of the more popular hobbies to have a love of music though. There are people who sing together, make beats together and play instruments together on a regular basis. I like to join these people sometimes - to me, they have good taste. Even if these people can turn on my noise sensitivity sometimes and I have to leave early.

All the skewls I went to were co-ed. I went to a Catholic high-skewl & took a resource class cuz of my dyslexia. It was kind of like a free period with a teacher & an aid to help with tests, homework & other class work.

Well, I spent my first two years or so in a public high school with 2,000+ students, so that obviously went well.

I then transferred to a small alternative high school for students that didn't fit into the traditional school setting (me) and I will tell anyone that the four years I spent there were some of the best in my life. I truly became the person I am today because of that school and the people in it. I am so thankful for all that they have done for me, that I built them an outdoor classroom for my Eagle Scout project.