I tested out of high school right before my 17th birthday and started going to community college right away (while I was a ward of the state and living in a youth shelter - like I needed any help standing out)....only to drop out because I started to get tired of institutional learning and I wasn't getting along with people.
I have tried to go back to college a couple of times since then, and I have found that I just don't do well with most of the instructors I have met at these schools. I usually end up either helping the teacher teach the class (I had a Linux instructor who relied on me a bit more than seemed appropriate since I wasn't the one getting paid) or pissing them off for pointing out inaccuracies and then being the teacher's personal scapegoat as a result.
I have reached a point in my adult life now where I am simply unwilling to subject myself to this, so I am taking a different approach. I am going to make another attempt to go back to school, this time taking all my classes online through the local college. I start at the end of March, and I think using the online learning model is going to prove more successful for me.
~IslandAspie~
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I don't have a disorder, I'm wired for a higher purpose.