Did anyone else feel they were more mature than their class?

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I generally felt closer in this way to my teachers in high school than I did with other students. Not that I didn't have good friends, but in terms of having any form of serious discussion.

Wow- did I write this under another name? Change "grade 6" to "year 6", and it's spot on.

Most definitely felt more mature than rest of class- in fact it's probably why my only good friend at school has loads of aspie characteristics and everyone else hated me/bullied me. My class were the class from hell, especially in Year 9: then had the reputation of being a really tough class.
But then again, didn't feel close to teachers either- apart from my form tutor I would barely speak to any of them unless pushed.




Interestingly, there's a cross over point with this- up until a certain point, I felt like everyone else was really childish and silly, and that I was far more mature than others. But then later, I felt like I was emotionally not mature compared to others of my age. Happened at about 16-18, not sure when as kind of crept up on me...

Yes, part of this is that I am a very sensible person and weigh up risks and had a strong sense of what was right or wrong. If I saw drug, alcohol or sex advice saying don't do risky behaviour I would take it very seriously. I wondered why no-one else seemed to see these things as bad and they were cool and proof that they were mature.
I did find adults "safer" to talk to.

Oh I definitely felt more mature than the rest of the kids in my grade.

I felt like I was on a higher plane than others my age and I still do. What I mean- and I know that this is judgmental- is that my thoughts were deeper and my interests more meaningful. When I was a kid especially, I just saw everyone else getting way too caught up in the physical world. It bothered me and it still bothers me.

I used to think this meant I was more mature but socially I am definitely not. I feel like I am actually very naive.

Same thing happened to me, around age 15.

I'm sorry to pull out a VERY old thread (2011) but not surprisingly, I fit into this as well.

All throughout my school life, I have trusted teachers, aides and bus drivers more than my fellow classmates. I feel that the adults had a larger perspective on most topics, including those that "cool kids" would find dumb - like older music, older TV shows, collectibles, etc.
I did feel a lot more mature for my age. Middle schoolers love potty humor. I never talked about farts or privates with them, as that would make me feel stupid.
I haven't gotten a suspension ever in my school career, even going back to kindergarten. No trouble of any kind at school since elementary school. I'm sure the "cool kids" at my school have gotten in trouble countless times.
When it comes to kids being disruptive in class, I feel like wanting to tell them off. I "fakely" act 17 at school, but at times I act like 40 or even 60.

No. I was always intellectually and emotionally and socially behind compared to my class.

No problem. Feel free to revive any ancient thread you like. I love old threads.

Emotionally and socially, I was less mature than my peers
Physically and chronologically, I was as mature as my peers
I only seemed more mature than my classmates because I wanted to learn, and I indulged this as a way of avoiding social interaction.

Because I appeared more mature, when I was in my final year of High School I had a key to the school (let myself in at 7.00 am to study and practice trumpet), was allowed to use the staff room to get a coffee, was called an "honorary teacher" by my trumpet teacher and was on the staff indoor soccer team in the local zone.

Weird

I didn't realise I was reading such an old thread, despite seeing some unfamiliar names.

Anyway, I relate to Kiseki's and kt24's comments. However, there were times as a child when I would be inappropriately immature, and there are still times now when I feel more mature than others my age. It really depends on the situation.

That's what I think now, too. I felt more mature than my peers till I was about 20. Of course it's easy to behave in a seemingly responsible way with your studies when you have absolutely nothing else going on in your life, except what your parents tell you to do. The feeling also helps you cope with and excuse your social isolation.

Later, it became so obvious how far behind my peers I was being left in actual maturity that I couldn't ignore it anymore. They had lots of life experiences, including the "silly" ones, and they learned from them. I never learned to do anything but what I did at the beginning of that process, i.e., doing only one thing I was more or less supposed to do, and what my parents told me to. This way, you never become truly in charge of your life, develop your own ideas or begin to socialize if you weren't already doing it, which I wasn't.

I eventually figured it out, realized how pressing my need to change the direction my life was heading was and tried to develop and implement a well thought-out plan to achieve this goal. I'd never even thought about what my life goals were. The problem was, I was still completely dependent on my parents. There was no realistic way to implement such a plan without convincing them first. I had a lot of angry arguments with them I'm ashamed of. Many times did they appear to support my ideas and to be willing to grant me what I asked them for, but it never materialized. There was always something they didn't like when I tried to actually do something, and it caused huge wastes of time, which I needed to stop from happening regularly. I was afraid of the idea of just looking for a job and getting rid of them, because I had no idea to what extent it was feasible, and it didn't seem practical without their help, either. I still don't know whether I could have done it, though it's definitely what I needed.

So I just managed to let a lot more precious years go down the drain. Now I'm a worthless parasite with all prospect of ever doing anything that might justify having been born exhausted.

Well in some cases I feel like im more mature than other sometimes I feel more immature. Reading and writing about autism and other disabilities makes me feel more mature I am also friendly with my teachers one of them took me and my grandmother out to see a movie and the other one took me and my grandmother out to breakfast but sometimes I feel less mature than my peers because I obsess over things and because I like things like coloring my little pony children's TV shows and Dolls and other things.