Any Difficulties With School?

[Geordie]

I have been trying to go to college since I was 18--I'm 25 now--and I had an impossible time dealing with other students, professors, noisy classrooms, etc. It didn't help that most of those schools were huge (between 10,000 and 40,000 students) and in horrible locations. I'm giving the online thing a try this time, provided the application and financial aid process doesn't induce another debilitating nervous breakdown.

As an extroverted student in a large school, who gains energy from social life, I think I really had a different experience. So long as I recognise I'm not the best or the worst student, but just another regular student, I'm ok blending into the crowd and be more like them, than to be more like a deviant.

I like my school for what it is currently.

 

[Frostee]

The whole thing is a massive struggle.

 

[mg81]

Hated school! Hated it with a passion!

I dropped out my third concecutive junior year after dropping out the previous two times. I couldnt stay awake. I would go into classes and immediately fall asleep at my desk. The teachers didnt help me to find out of there was anything wrong either. My grades were still in the A-B range regardless of missing 66 days my last full year of school. My parents didnt look further into these issues either and i kind of resent them for it.

But yeah, all the classic issues were there. Too much stimuli, a little bit of bullying, boredom, anxiety... Especially if there were class presentations. I avoided those days and would make up my grade in other ways if i could. Talk about hell on earth, i swear!!

 

[Explosition_Rooster]

Can't really remember school too much, even though I wasn't bullied in school, but I can't say just was wrong with school. It just wasn't my cup of tea, except art; even now I have a hard time and I'm just going to school from my house.

 

[Sparticus]

School? Both my brother and I had a silent vow of wanting to be professional athletes. That either of us survived childhood is amazing.
Sports saved me in elementary school but there were some rough spots. My memory right now doesn't want to remember-maybe because of certain emotions. But it was a small town & that helped. In hs after Freshman year I missed most of Sophmore year & was absent the first half of my junior year. We were too busy partying. I hung out with the cool kids. I'll blame my 2 popular brothers & our childhood for attracting crazies...the most troublesome, criminal elements ah...uhm...yeah...I mean uh the poorest kids...and kids without parental support. Yeah...that's the ticket.

College was a collage of sights, sounds, interactions, retreating socially...being popular, then silently fading into the background with my Nikon F2...everday for 2 years straight I carried that Nikon & after that on ocassions/special events. Some homework I had to reread chapters 2-3xs because of possible dyslexia? I was put on double secret probation...crashed...then rose from the ashes & got a better gpa. 3 professors told me to transfer to a top 10 University & were willing to write letters of recommendation including my closest mentor.

Socially I didn't know you were supposed to keep good people in your life. Instead I just kept letting good friends/acquaintainces leave because of my inattention. If anyone asked me "what are you doing Friday at 9pm" I told them "call me Friday at 9pm." Years later I realized that might not have been the best answer as I said it a lot. Essentially I was a loner, who like a child obsessed with a new toy, indulged in research that got me salivating...either that or I had forgotten to eat...again.

 

[anne.bc]

Music was the only thing that kept me even remotely interested in school/college. Sadly, it's one of the hardest majors out there if you can't understand music theory. It took me 7 years.

Also, if they say "we want you to pass these classes" then don't offer the one and only section of the class before 10 am! Common sense! We can't function that early.... and for years I had the inability to nap because my parents thought I needed ADD meds. I up and quit them in 2008 and after that I have been able to nap whenever the hell I want :bounce: so after form and analysis' ungoldy early 8am MWF class, I never had a drop of coffee until after I woke up from my "second sleep". I am seriously amazed I got a B in that class... :laugh:

 

[Sparticus]

Elementary-I was super shy but able to blend in because other kids knew me/my family. I quit high school. I was working a Blue collar job with no money for college. I got hurt on the job. So at the age of 21 I went to college. I escaped my childhood, my past & left my hometown forever. Or so I thought... anyhoo college was like high school; the nerds and jocks were drinking the way we drank in high school. Disclaimer-I always wanted to be a jock or nerd. But Hera chose me to be...well me! A Purple Chameleon.

I've had a lot more social problems than I'm letting on...maybe it's good to lose part of your memory?! ;D As a teenager for years I was so afraid to talk, that I might say the wrong thing...I'd be hanging out on a street corner or a park with other kids. Had to choose my words carefully as I was afraid of being laughed at.

 

[HelloDizzy]

I'm having issues with college yet again, but I'm determined to pass all of my classes this semester and prove everyone wrong about me. I have serial killers to interview and it will be much easier to do with a degree, and that's what gets me out of bed in the morning to go to that hell-hole.

 

[Frostee]

Picking seats in the class. I actually worry days before I goto school about picking seats because I don't want to sit on my own.

 

[Sparticus]

In college I had to drop a course many semesters if I was overwhelmed.

 

[Arashi222]

I am terrible with math and science. I have always struggled with the social aspect and the the expectations from others but I managed to get through it all and get my Masters of Social Work. I know school can be hard but it is sooo worth it.

 

[Hadassah]

I am terrible with math and science. I have always struggled with the social aspect and the the expectations from others

Ditto!!

 

[manca]

I have classes again in 2 weeks :help:

I hate my college. I spend 45mins in a car, 3 hours on (usually) two trains and an 45mins walking a day to get there and back home. Living in that big loud city is impossible and I want to be at home. The classes are the most boring thing ever. It's too loud, too many people. I keep swinging between should I socialize (which I suck at and it gets really stressful) or do I want to be alone... I still don't know most of my classmates after a year. Not even names. Sometimes I'll go hide down in the dungeons where x-ray machine is kept and people don't come down there often. It's calm there.

I skip most of my classes. I keep wondering how I can keep chair beside me empty in class and on the train. It's exhausting.

I daydream for most of the time too, but I can only go so long... Six or more hours a day are far too long to keep me occupied with my mind only.

I'm terrified and anxious about it already.

 

[Judge]

I am terrible with math and science. I have always struggled with the social aspect and the the expectations from others but I managed to get through it

Myself as well. And yet I have always been highly analytical, able to make correct assumptions from observed patterns. I ended up working for years in a job that required basic mathematics every minute of the day. The math wasn't insurmountable. It became routine. But the increasing public relations responsibilities eventually did me in and I left.

I resent being absurdly complex with no perceived payoff!

 

[wyverary]

I am terrible with math and science. I have always struggled with the social aspect and the the expectations from others but I managed to get through it all and get my Masters of Social Work. I know school can be hard but it is sooo worth it.

You know, the irony is, when I was in school, I positively hated these subjects; but, now that I have been out for a number of years, I have discovered how much I love these subjects. I may never be good at math (could be the NVLD), but I have fallen in love with science, and I kind of wish I had been able to do more of it in school.

 

[Ylva]

I hated school, but it turned out to be because of being confined in a room with twenty or so other people, usually noisy because they were under some delusion that they were funny or something, while sitting uncomfortably on a flat hard surface.

I always loved learning. Always resented manipulative lying people who hear what they want to hear. I never want to be in a classroom situation again.

 

[Wessicht]

I could probably have straight A's and a 4.0 GPA if I didn't insist on correcting my professors. Sadly, I'm not particularly adept at hiding disdain.

 

[Drake Marino]

Elementary School was a roller coaster; back then it was way more obvious I was on the spectrum. I had meltdowns and acted up in class. Middle School was awesome until 8th grade. I think I have significantly less issues than other people on the spectrum in High School. Academically I have no issues; I got straight As my Freshman year, and this year I have mostly As with a couple Bs, since I'm taking mostly honors/AP classes. Fortunately, I haven't been getting bullied. My main difficulty is how socially retarded I am. In some of my classes how much I contribute to class discussion affects my grade, and that's where I get burned, because I feel really uncomfortable raising my hand in class. I don't know why, it's just one of my many quirks. Although I'm very bad at socializing with people, it's getting progressively better, and I've gotten to the point where people see me as just a little quiet, as opposed to mute.

 

[Christy]

I was badly bullied through primary school. I survived but I hated it.

Regarding whether or not you like maths and science, it's worth realising there's different types of maths and science. I really struggled with maths as a subject, but loved triganometry. Now I'm in the workforce I've discovered a line of work that uses a lot of maths except I use spreadsheets and formulas. I'm very good with manipulating data to produce results which are meaningful. We didn't do that in maths at school.

Regarding online learning; I did an external course with uni. It required me to do all my own reading at home, and then 3 times a term I would fly to the university for 2 days of classes. The group I met with were very friendly and looked after me, but there were only 25 of us. It was very difficult and stressful the first time I went, but after that we all stayed in the same accommodation and went to all the classes together. As long as I could get to the accommodation, I knew I'd be fine. This worked really well for me. It also helped that the subject of the course was my special interest.

 

[MoCoffee]

I was terribly bullied all the way through kindergarten to grade 8, and the only reason I wasn't bullied in high school was that I had withdrawn to the point that everyone just thought I was very smart, but very shy so they left me alone.