How do you do in school

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How do you guys cope in school? I do pretty well. I didn't get good grades for a while (actually most of this school year ) since i was depressed, but now I'm doing really well. I enjoy schoool, but homework seeems to be a problem (i can do it, i just sometimes never get around to it). I'm in honors classes. Next year i'm taking ap comp sci, ap english, ap government chemistry, and earth science.

I should do better than I do. I just really can't deal with the other people in my classes and the mistakes they make. I get good marks for class participation because I correct everybody in class discussions. I do well in most courses, but homework is a huge challenge. You never know how much you'll have, for one thing. How can you make a consistent daily schedule if you don't know how much time something will take? The other thing is that I get totally absorbed in the assigned reading and sometimes forget to do the questions. I've read my whole Biology textbook in a night and not done the two questions about the assigned reading! My mum says I have to get a 90% next year or I'll be in trouble, so I guess I'm going to have to get her to help me with my homework.

Yeah... looking over that convoluted paragraph, it doesn't make much sense... suffice it to say that I could do better and that school is hard and complicated.

I used to do very well and get good grades. I skipped a grade (first grade) and almost skipped other grades but they never allowed me to. They did not want because I did not fit in my classes and because I was too young. But in primary school, I liked school because I like learning. And the other kids talked to me because some of them were interested in astronomy, dinosaurs and poems.
But I never learned how to study and homework is a challenge to me too, so in the tenth grade, it got me into trouble and my grades were not as good. I almost had to repeat that grade. What happened after is long and difficult to explain, but now I am homeschooled and I teach myself. I like it because I can add the subjects I like to the core curriculum. In a real high school, I would never had time to analyse movies and poems or study quantum physics or learn languages because the school days in France are very long : in the grade I was this year, we spend seven to nine hours in school four days a week, four hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and when we get back home, we have about one up to three hours of homework each night.

Maybe I will go to college next year.

I do pretty well, even though I hate school.

I've always done really well gradewise.
I've always spent hours worrying about schoolwork/assignments/tests etc, though.
Takes me twice as long as most other people to do stuff, I think.
I hate the social part of college but I like living on campus and the freedom it gives me, I can go out to the nearby town and do whatever I want.
And this past year I lived with two girls I felt comfortable with so I was SOOO much happier. Since I basically didn't have anything to do with social stuff, I was so much happier. I don't think I had one breakdown the whole year (edit: I just remembered. Yes I did. It happened after a group meeting with six other students. Group meetings are the bane of my existence) and my freshman year that happened about every two weeks, just because social stuff would get me down. I'm living in a single next year.

Kate

I only had three "freak outs" last semester!! *BIG* accomplishment. I was really lucky that all three times it was in music, and my best friend was there to pull me through. I feel really good about that. What kinds of classes does anyone else have "freakouts" in?

I did very well at a private school that specializes in learning different students, which I attended from the middle of tenth grade until graduation. I attended public schools up until then, and I did not do as well as I would have hoped when I was attending a public high school. I was in the IB program at that , which was very difficult for me, and I averaged something close to a 3.0. When I started attending the private school, my academic performance increased dramatically, and I earned numerous awards for academic excellence. The school was tailored towards dyslexia, however, and its lack of advanced courses frustated me. I will be attending Georgia Tech this fall, which is known for being very rigorous. I have taken a few courses at the community college, and they've all gone fairly well.

I do ok (midline C's). Although I try, I can't sit down and study (just too hard for me). If I did actually study, I could prob. get B+'s/A's. Maybee next year? (since I just got switched into a new kind of class thanks to an IEP). Hope so!

Hope no one minds me responding in this thread... I graduated high school in June 1996. I did quite well, got A's, B's C's. I made the honor two or three times, my senior year.

Too bad those of us with Asperger's Syndrome, with high functioning autism have an average to above average intelligence and get average to not necessarily above average grades in school. Testing for anyone doesn't always measure someone's intelligence... even worse for aspies.

I've stopped going to high school this april. It was only a matter of time before I would break down. I am extremely oversensitive to teachers and children, and tests and everything that has something to do with school system, mostly
I am good with computers and programming but all the other kids do is watch porn in computer lab and play race games.

So those teachers treat other kids like some kind of less worthy human beings. One of the nazi-teachers even said she is "paid to torture us", while another made me stand in front of the class for half hour for some silly thing, that's reward you get by being silent like a mouse all the time.

Anyway, I still have some time to save this school year and if I don't then I probably wont ever leave my house again.

I think I do really well in school. I got a "B" in CP english this year as a freshman in highschool. I plan to take CP biology and another CP class. next year as a sophomore. I play the tenor trombone in my band class.

Bruno,

I've stopped going to high school this april. It was only a matter of time before I would break down. I am extremely oversensitive to teachers and children, and tests and everything that has something to do with school system, mostly
I am good with computers and programming but all the other kids do is watch porn in computer lab and play race games.

So those teachers treat other kids like some kind of less worthy human beings. One of the nazi-teachers even said she is "paid to torture us", while another made me stand in front of the class for half hour for some silly thing, that's reward you get by being silent like a mouse all the time.

Anyway, I still have some time to save this school year and if I don't then I probably wont ever leave my house again.

Hey Ladybug,

I hope I didn't offend you with my answer back there - I am just a strong advocate of homeschooling simply because it has worked well for me. I homeschool because it allows me to pursue those interests in an environment that forces me to commit to my own education and allows me to grow and choose the directions I want to take - including college courses and online courses - at a pace that is comfortable for me.[/quote]


No offense at all whatsoever. A bit sad in that anyone would have to quit school for these circumstances. Yes, we've often thought we might be pushed to do so in having no choice. So far, so good though. Although the last bully incident, the administrator even admitted, my son applied all his skills and could not have possibly avoided the situation. Even saying my Aspie was set-up.

Of course they won't put that stuff in writing, as I've been told such things before and asked them to! That's what makes the whole situation ridiculous at times. My Aspie really likes being around the other children. He too is very bright and makes it bittersweet when trying to get services. There has been an awful inside joke about parents of such bright children trying to take advantage of the Special Ed system.

So yes, I think it would be a good idea for you to present possible schooling options for the older child if others are interested. Maybe like what Tyroneshoelaces will be doing, yours an online course in options and getting started? Or in a blog?

We are close to a whole family of which my children befriended. They homeschool all of their children. They have never been in public schools. At least we have them as a resource. Sometimes they borrow books from my personal library collection.

The pleasure has been mine also. Thanks for the compliment and support of my motherhood efforts. Maybe we can share again sometime. The bad news is the behaviors from school do at times extend into the working environments also. Sad