So smart, but struggles to keep up with homework

I just stopped doing homework altogether. It stressed me out, so I avoided it completely. Besides, I learned a subject by reading about it in our textbook, or studying it in class. I felt like homework was just busy work, hammering in concepts I had already learned in school.

I aced all my tests, but lost tons of points for never turning in homework, so I graduated high school with about a C average. It didn't matter; I got a great IT job in the military, got an excellent pension and full medical/dental benefits for life, and fully retired as of 38 years old. Who needs homework?

ADHD can also have tie-in with minor symptoms of ASD, which could negate the overly-emotional part. Or at least the outward expression of it.

Childhood? Still fit most of those!

What would have been the biggest difference had you known back then?

Years later, I was finally able to accurately describe jobs I didn’t want to do as a child - such as homework - as grey lumps of goo piled up as a supremely undesirable blob on my desk, while everything else was a technicolour kaleidoscope of distractions.

At the time, however, I just didn’t have any way to pass on this impression to others, so they could understand.

I like how the always felt like the weird kid has red hair. Thats me as well as the rest.

Can we talk about that headline

It took effort to read that damn thing and I had to look at it logically instead of what my eyes were telling me

Yeah crazy my parents never caught on b

Anyone wanna tell me what the fuck those two are doing on the bike?

I remember our dad always making jello for desert. Always. He went on like a jello tirade for like 3 months. I loved it. My sis loved it. We both loved jello. Then one day he brought it out and I couldn’t eat it anymore. Since that day I’ve probably had jello twice voluntarily and still didn’t like it. It’s been 30 years and I still hate jello lol

Woah. I think I have adhd now (pronounced phonetically, not letter by letter, because this is self diagnosis)

Some of these can also be ASD symptoms or caused by ASD symptoms

I feel like I've experienced some but not all of these or a variation of it as an autistic person