We were regarded as 'mediocre'
firemonkey
Citizen
in General ASD
I was the odd boy/teenager,the socially rejected boy/teenager, the 'not particularly intelligent' boy,the 'mediocre' pupil. There was nothing like #2e back then. The #ASD dx came much later.I think there must be several more from my generation who were the same. Some got over the bullying &social rejection,some of us haven't.Neither our strengths or weaknesses were recognised by the education system. We were seen as merely mediocre.
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100 is average
120 is high
132 is Mensa
140 is Genius
Anything 150 plus is insane intellegence
I definitely understand where Amity is coming from - the school environment in itself was like poison for me and it both distracted me and sapped my resources. It was actually a bit better at Uni, due to being in a more narrow field with mostly fellow introverts.
I think being treated like that is part of the reason that I still struggle to do academic work. I now just feel like I am not going to be able to complete or understand it, and that it's not worth investing energy in it because I'll just waste my time and look stupid afterwards.