What were you like in school?

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What were you like in school?(up to college)
I know many people with As are loner who keep to themselves. I was wondering if thier were people who broke that mold.

Primary school: Very shy, I wished I could get along more with oyththers but I found it hard to make heaps of friends and not get embarassed easily.

Intermediate: Had a few friends, was still shy but not as bad as primary school.

High school: Not really shy, just didn't know what to say all the time. Still didn't like alot of people looking at me at once.

After: I'm pretty loud and outgoing in my classes. Presentations still get me a tad nervy, I like to go out, have fun and be with people.

Still takes a long time to get to know people properley, Meeting new people is still hard. Hope to continue working on it.

In Preschool, I sat back and watched the other kids play, because I wanted to be a Teacher and I was practicing.

From Kindergarden, up to almost the end of Grade 5, I was pretty much a Social Butterfly. I didn't talk much after I was mimmicked by one of the Class Bullies who were in my Mainstream Class.

When I was in Grade 6, I was very quiet.

In Grade 7, I started to open up, more. I felt that it was safer for me to speak, because I wasn't the only person in the entire School who spoke with an English Accent. That was the year that I became the Sidekick of a Teacher who was an actual Cockney.

In Grade 8, I was a Social Butterfly. I talked to the less ignorant students in the Halls.

I shut right up when I was in Grade 9. Nobody accepted me, and they made it clear that they wouldn't do so, unless I started to follow the latest trends at the time. I also had it in my head that I would be safer if I kept all of my Interests and Obsessions to myself. I didn't want the boys in my regular classes to pick on me.

In Grade 10, I was a bit more social, but not much. That's when I became a Flower Child and I got so fed up with the School System and the Students that I decided to attempt to drop-out on the spot. My Science Teacher caught me walking out the front doors and he sent me back to Class.

In Grade 11, I was a Basketcase. I went through my first bout of Depression and I didn't tell anybody about it. I had absolutley nothing in common with my Peers. I started getting bad bouts of PMS. Anything that reminded me of the Students at my School would drive me bananas. I wanted to drop-out and move to San Francisco, where I thought I would be free.

I was very social when I was in Grade 12. I talked to most of the Students in most of my Classes. I helped out in the Caffeteria on Thursday Mornings. I was more willing to intergrate my Hippie ways with the ways of 1993, and I was more inclined to sit with my fellow classmates and have little chit-chats with them. They talked about the latest Videos and I talked Peace with them. We learned a lot from each other.

I did a lot of changing during my two years at College. I was in a Work Experience Programme for adults with Disabilities. I was the most bold and social person in my class. If I had an opinion, I expressed it, no matter how strong it was. I decided to let my Psychedellic Shield down and reveal the real me. I re-discovered my interests in London and the U.K. in general. I became very proud of my Cockney Accent and I started treating it like a part of the Temple that my Body is. I even got my first Haircut in what was two years, at the time. And I haven't turned back, since.

I was pretty much out in left field (so to speak) during my school years. I had a few friends come along everynow and then, and I usually had someone to hang out with at lunch.

For the most part I was associated with, and hung out with the outcasts as they were the only group of people that I found acceptance from.

For me though, this was the source of some problems in junior high as I often found myself following blindly in their footsteps as they did stuff, and as a result, I would get in trouble for doing various things.

I left school in the middle of 8th grade because I hated how ignorent every one was (I say ignorent because I belive that almost every one has potential and most chose not to use it) and because the teachers thought I was dangerous it was a well known fact that I made fireworks and rockets from scratch. When I was younger I was much more social, now I sweat and fidget whenever I talk to some one I haven't known for a long time. I am 15 I am going out with someone for the first time ever I will probably dehydrate my self from sweating so much.

a loner, a complete misfit, a wanna-be bad boy

i'm still in high school. i'm pretty outgoing but really quiet a lot of the time. i don't really see myself fitting in with the stereotypical aspie mold, except for the fact that i need coaching in social skills (which i will be getting more of very soon).

in middle school, i thought there was a problem with everyone else. i was resistant to authority. i was very stubborn and couldn't deal with many people, i only had a few friends and i had trouble understanding them. now that's kinda changed...

was anybody else trying to break the stereotype, and have they successfully? please share your stories!

In primary school I was very quiet and very shy. I knew how to read and write before I started school so this meant I didn't have to ask many questions. I hated speaking out loud in class and still do even in college. I used to leave my desk the whole time and play by myself at the back of the classroom. Most teachers never really minded because they knew I was capable of doing the work. I had one teacher who thought I was stupid or "slow" because I was so quiet, so she sent me to a remedial teacher. I don't actually really know why.

IN elementary school I had lots of fun. I was constantly joking around and I thought that I was the coolest kid in my class. I hung out with all the kids that eventually ended up being "high school cool." They stopped talking to me quite promptly in our first year of middle school, and I can remember not even wanting to try and talk to them because I knew they were down with being smart and/or eccentric, so after that I just had a very small group of friends and never conversed with anyone outside of that small group, which looking back was probably a pretty bad move for the current me. Because it seems like thats how school has been for me. Perhaps I should make it a point to meet more people even if I don't relate to them all that much. I high school it seems like I went out of my way to be different then everyone else, like I didn't want people thinking that I was trying to be like them or something like that. I didn't dress very well. One of the wierdest parts is that I always hung around ith some of the people that were kind of cool. and so people would associate their behavior with me, and when they would talk to me they would be expecting a somewhat extraverted skater/stoner. But really it was just me. I still have a lot of stoner talk engrained in my vocabulary though. And I dressed horribly, nothing I wore ever fit, my hair was never touched after I woke up, I'd probably wear the same thing 3 or four days in a row. I guess I am still like that though, just with better clothes. Oh yeah I mostly just stayed completely silent until I ran into a "familiar." I had huge problems talking to girls though, they all hated me because I hung out with guys that were "cool" and so when I was silent it seemed as though I thought I was TOO cool. Which I am but that isn't why I wasn't talking to them. Damn. all these problems are still expressed in my life today. There has been substantial improvement though. YAY!

I kind of bounced around the spectrum. In elementary, I was athletic had a few friends, but was a nightmare to teachers. In kindergarten, people started talking to me, mostly girls at first, because I could draw better than anyone, in fact, one drawing I did, the first I remember ever doing, the principal said I was gifted and recommended going to different school. Family could not afford it though, so I never went. In Second grade, I had a really mean teacher. She would punish me in cruel ways and when she could not get me to shut and sit still she tied me to the chair and taped my mouth. I calmed after I was switched to a different second grade teacher and became friendly always up for football or soccer. I also started reading encylopedias sometime between the 1st and 3rd grade. It started with greek mythology and I read every encyclopedia article on it and every book I could find. In the 6th, I was transferred to a religious school, that actually turned out worse the Spanish Inquistion teacher I had in second. I acted out as the class clown in reaction to my transfer and became louder, extroverted (for a short time), and more unruly than ever before. This worked wonders for their treatment of me. I was put into writing and reading labs and counseling for the 3rd time, apparantly.
In seventh, I was bounced back to public where the school system gave up on me in the counselling regard. I went back toward more introvert like a rubber band I bounced back to being the opposite of the 6th grade me.
In this time students were more apparent and verbal about my weirdness.
I went through an astronomy phase, and had problems finding women if they were not a good match astronomically and if they were the same I thought it was like dating a cousin or a sister. Up til the time before high school I played in some little league seasons, but wanted to play football. My mom would let me and I lost interest in all team sports. I did very little in high school besides homework and attending classes. Bus trips were always miserable for me, I was exstatic when I got to drive. Within the first month of my license though I had my first car accident and my first speeding ticket. Around 11th grade I started getting a little better grades as I picked out many of my classes, I actually had interest in some of them. I also finally started growing, my whole life, all I ever heard was "you're too short" or "you're too young", now I started getting tall finally. This growth spurt continued into college. I went from one of the 3 smallest people in the entire school system to the upper 1/4.

Preschool- I sat and spun a globe all day and made a "hummmm" noise. After two years, I got kicked out because they thought I was LFA. The rest of the year I went to another preschool and did the same thing.

Kindergarden- I read every single book about space I could find in the library, did little else.

1st grade-2nd grade-Sat in a corner and rocked and read books.

3rd grade- Teacher got p.o.ed at my humming and reading, told me I was going to learn to write. Sat me down in the corner with a 1,555 page dictionary and made me copy it the entire school days in cursive. My mother eventually pulled me out of the class, stuck me in another one where I refused to stop copying the dictionary and stole it from the old classroom. Dx'ed with ADHD, put on Ritalin, taken off same year.

4th grade-School rewards students with prizes for reading, I get more than twice the second place winner. I'm entered in a spelling bee and end up locking myself in the janitor's closet so I don't have to go.

5th grade-6th grade-Minimal interest in social interaction, begin playing card games

7th grade-Placed in Special Education math

8th grade-Spent preparing for Tech. Academy

9th grade-Wild behavior, intense interest in social interaction. Continue playing cards and desperate to be friends with people. In lots of trouble. Suspended last three weeks for fighting.

10th grade-moody and withdrawn

11th grade-now.

I was very quiet, shy and a loner. I kept to myself and didn't mix with others much at all. They were just not on my wavelength and in most cases regarded themselves as superior to myself. I was teased and bullied a lot and I've always thought my best day at school was my last day

Eeks, this is a good question. Let me think...

[Edit: Rant detected, cleaning of vast semiusless info]

Preschool : Not exactly 'social' as I didn't recognize other people's existence yet. I liked snakes, playground structures, and reading.

Elementary (K,1-3) : Developed over time into a terrible hellion of a child, whose active mind led me to question everything, and especially authority. Got them to send to principal's office regularly, though I was never violent.

Elementary (4-5) : Finally learned the value of respecting other people, as trying to behave produced much less conflict and much more nice stuff like learning and knowledge. 5th grade, first time I ever actually felt reluctant to leave school for summer break.

Middle (6-8) : A bit lost, and picked on. Left alone for the most part, and happy to stay that way. Too happy. I was the only kid in the entire school who wore pants, not jeans. What can I say? I like khaki. Toward the end of 8th grade I had started to attempt to develop an actual friend base, since being without friends left me at a loss to entertain myself most times. :) Toward the end I also had something of a nervous breakdown, as 8th grade was the first time school expected more of me than I could provide, and it was traumatizing to realize that no matter what I did they were going to fail me one way or the other.

High (9-10) : Finally became satisfied socially. Behaved, did well, encouraged others, and found that nifty group of fellow outcasts who hung out right outside the school gates. Made some good friends in activities, although I've lost touch with most of them for no good reason at all. Bullies surprised me by starting to mature, and actually becoming approachable, and even friendly. Avoided school fights like the plague as the rest of the school crowded around closer.

High (11-12) : Was starting to really suffer from abuse at home, also was trying to take college classes at the same time as high school ones, so was very stressed. Pushing my limits, but learned my limits in 8th grade so not letting them heap expecations on, being honest about what I can do.

College (13) : One stinking year at a faceless institution, UC Berkeley. Would have done better if not for pressure from a nasty family member, and from the gears of the college itself. Bad roommates, not meeting expectations in classes. Had a quiet nervous breakdown. Gave up on UC Berkeley and my lucrative, but nasty family member.

College (14-16) : Studied everything I could get my hands on. Grades started as all As, but towards the end were slipping into B's and C's because I stopped being able to try. Had a good friend base, but they didn't like to talk about studies outside of class so were frustrating.

Unemployed (17-18) : I have no friends I can meet in person anymore. Looking for a job to pay for school. Creatively blocked, utterly blocked.

Unemployed (19) : Still no friends in person, looking to get back into school in order to raise money for more elite school. Still blocked from creating, despairing of life in general.

LOL, I meant low functioning autism.