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So, story begins with me before school. Only people I knew were my parents and my grandma. I must have met some cousins, but I didn't interact with them regularly.

Then, I suddenly meet kids in Kindergarten. My mom said that I did stuff like grabbing them and taking off their clothes. I was also raised with dolls, so that could be a possibility as to why I did that. People told me to stop, but I didn't get it. I DIDN'T communicate with people other than my parents prior to school.

So, I was quickly thrown from school to school from retard class to retard class. The first half of Kindergarten was at a catholic school. When religion class popped around, I always avoided it by going to the play corner instead. I never showed an interest in religion then. I remember I was once falsely accused of pouring apple juice into something in the play corner, but they didn't listen to me. Another kindergarten episode had some boys taking other kids' art and ripping it up. I yelled at them to stop. I'm not sure what happened.

The second half of Kindergarten threw me into a public elementary school, in a class for retarded kids. I also spent first and second grade there. I don't remember anything interesting that happened, though, other than I never liked my last name Bucko because people would call me "Butt-hole". So I made up a last name for myself: Logowalk. I abandoned it because adults didn't like the idea.

I was sent to a woman named Mrs. Turner for "speech", like I was incapable of speaking the English language. She would show me these pictures of animals and ask me what they were. I wish my current self was around to make sarcastic remarks then. If she had showed my current self a picture of a cat and told me what it was, I'd probably say, "No, it's an octopus."

In third grade, the school district sent me to a different school, known as Vance Village. This one was a rather stupid one with a stupid system that "simulated" adult life, which was why it was called "Village". Their stupid currency was called fins. My job was crafting, but the "employer" was a bitch and wouldn't pay me any money. I was once accused of running outside and went to a fake, jury-less trial, and had to pay a fine with the fins I didn't have. The first half of third grade took place in a retard class that send us each holiday to a senior home to entertain the old people. Ever since I first met my great grandmother, drooling pathetically in her wheelchair, senior homes depressed me. If I ever live to be 60, I'll avoid them as much as possible.

Then here's the big change. My mom had to fight with the entire school district to put me in an adequate class, because THEY WEREN'T TEACHING ME ANYTHING. How did I get a proper education before this? My mom would give me books for me to learn from. I used them faithfully. I also had encyclopaedias, so I was more knowledgeable in science than anyone else in my class, not meaning to brag. I'm pretty sure I was also one of the first to be enlightened to the way humans reproduced.

So I got moved to the class next door in April, which WASN'T for retards. I was treated like one, though. I still can't look at one of my friends without remembering how she would act like a really bossy, naggy teacher to me when I was in third grade. I could read and do math pretty well in the class, but I didn't get into the habit of doing morning work until fourth grade. My writings were pretty inadequate. I wrote tiny paragraphs and they were largely irrelevant to the topic. The retard third grade class was just beginning to learn to read and write sentences, while I had gotten past that already, being NOT a retard. I remember that their teacher had left in May or June, replaced by another teacher. They finally started doing multiplication. That class was a third/fourth grade mix.

By the fourth grade, I had been moved into a different school. And let's say that I was glad I was moved. Even in third grade, I thought that Vance and its system was stupid. Well, I finally got into a real class at last. Luckily, my outputted skills had developed rapidly. FINALLY, we got into real writing, so my writing stopped being retarded. I was in the highest math class, but I couldn't do addition like 8 + 3 at rapid speeds unlike others. (I had to figure this stuff out on my own with books, you have to remember that) Because I hated waiting for my brain to actually REASON its way to the answer instead of simply knowing it, I kept asking people. So I was kicked down to the lowest math class like I was dirt. I'm still not as fast at math as others today. 8 + (<10) still gets to me today.

Fifth grade was largely the same. Woohoo. Only interesting thing to note here is that this was the year I began to show interest in drawing. And this was because I found an art superstyle that interested me: anime. So I studied it and began my lifetime of art. No, you don't just start being good and keep being good, as it seems to occur to most non-art people. You start out bad and work your way up to good. The problem is, most people don't have or lose the motivation to work their way up, so they stay bad. Unfortunately, teachers and the aide were not impressed by my desire to develop talent in drawing and did not help motivate me. Instead they yelled at me to stop drawing pictures, even took a few and threw them away. I hate teachers like this. Really, I do. To come between an aspiring artist and his aspiration is a sin.

In fourth and fifth grade, I tried to fit myself into groups of friends. A certain group of girly girls acted nice to me, but they did things like form friendship clubs and shared secrets with each other. I was never included. So I decided, if you can't join them, beat them. I tried to start my own friendship club, but I never gained any members other than myself. I made one friend named Jelitza, but she moved. I don't know what's happening with her now. Maybe she became like my second grade best friend, moved in with the bitch crowd.

In sixth grade, I moved to Pulaski middle school. At least this move made sense, because I was graduating from elementary to middle school. There really is nothing special to say about sixth grade. I made a few nice friends. They're still nice to this day, though cross-cluster and cross-school separations stopped us from hanging with each other. I remember once having IEP papers dumped on my desk. I didn't know what they were so I didn't give them a second thought. In this grade the teachers were nicer and only the aide (yes, same aide) gave a shit about me drawing. In that year, I had my homeroom moved to a retard class in the cluster, and to this day I still have no idea why, because I thought I had that shit settled.

Seventh grade was the grade where everything got crazy, and my real personality exploded into existence. That year was horrid. Suddenly everybody stopped being nice, pleasant people and became rude, slang-speaking trash. Friends were scarce and hard to trust. (At least I was no longer in a retard homeroom) I remember when the aide caught me drawing in my drawing notebook and stole it from me. Some asshole kid took it before I could get it back. After that class, I found my artwork destroyed, scattered in shreds all over the hallway. You couldn't believe how angry I was. A security guard took the remains as evidence and never gave it back. If the aide hadn't taken my book, this would never would have happened, and I would still have it to look back at and see how much I had improved.

Near the end of the year, Gothic people made their appearance (as sarcastic and slightly sadistic phrases on the front of an antisocial girl's shirt) and I was introduced to the culture. I never made friends with the Goth crowd because I wasn't sure how to approach such people properly. About half of you already know how this was how I gained a crush on some fat Polish guy. All that crazy stuff aside, moving on to the eighth grade.

It's nice to know that the "Bored" of Education finally stopped thinking of me as a mindless retard. They must have AT LAST figured out that I'm an intelligent person because I became one of the most gifted students in the district. I moved to a school for gifted students, and retard classes were no more! (I still had the aide though.) 8th grade was the best school year I had so far. I had accumulated many friends and few enemies. My teachers loved my art, and I think my aide started to get a little lighter on the whole drawing in class thing. Trashy people were few and far between, so I didn't have to worry about curly haired, hoop-eared sluts shouting "YO" through my head at someone else. Since I had turned 14, I finally had an IEP meeting and I was invited. (about time) I had my retard IEP switched to a 504 plan, so now I was mostly regarded as normal student. Oh yeah. I got over Wojciech. Now, how shall I write Local Reality now that those two guys are stuck in it forever?

Now, I am currently in 9th grade, and I think they forgot the whole not a retard thing. Despite the fact I was in all Honours classes, I got put into a class for people who didn't have the intelligence to read properly, which confused me greatly. Luckily, I got myself moved out and into Spanish instead.

In short, the Bored of Education is run by retards.

No offence to people who are actually mentally retarded, 'k? It was the way they treated me. It was the whole situation.
I know how you feel, except I just had a 504 and wanted to get rid of it, it took YEARS of convincing. I wasnt allowed to take AP classes, so my intelligence was wasted. Finally I got it sorted it.

School sucks, college is SOO much better.

SoccerFreak248 Wrote:
I know how you feel, except I just had a 504 and wanted to get rid of it, it took YEARS of convincing. I wasnt allowed to take AP classes, so my intelligence was wasted. Finally I got it sorted it.

School sucks, college is SOO much better.

You weren't? How retarded.

I wonder if I'm allowed to. I'll bet you anything they hid some info from me when explaining to me what a 504 was.

I went though school pretty much the same way. Back in elementary school I held pencils oddly, so they made practice writing "correctly" over and over... and I still hold pencils oddly and really isn't a big deal. I got my share of "OMG U R RETARDED LOL" back then. The people who run schools want them to run smoothly. Anyone who doesn't fit is tossed in the wastebasket.

EvilZakkie Wrote:

SheWhoCan'tThinkOfAUsername Wrote:
OHMYGOSH!!! I HELD THE PENCIL THE WRONG WAY TOO!! AND STILL DO!! *high five*


*grins* Me too! Were you ever given those triangular rubber "grip" attachments that forced you to hold a pencil the right way? *shudders*


i hold my pencil between my pointer and middle finger instead of between my thumb and pointer like most people.

And I get the "you're retarded" look every single day of my life. Consequently my first response to everything is "nevermind my idea is stupid anyways, yours is better" or "im just stupid don't listen to me" or "im sorry im f***ing stupid just ignor me" I actually tell people these things uncontrollably because I get that look every single day multiple times a day.

Why would they care how you hold the pencil as long as you can write well?
They might.  But some children might be better with the forumulas.  A mix of approaches would be best, but that would be hard and you wouldn't have nice, neat test scores to show people to prove how wonderful of a job you are doing.

ED2003 Wrote:
SoccerFreak248 has a good point.. College is much better. Since you pay for and select your classes in college.. There you have a system protecting your purchase.

I had a lot of trouble dodging those special homeroom classes too.. But with my mom's help I managed to for many years. My first special homeroom was in middleschool; it replaced art, a lax subject about expression, with a nun/teacher/guardian type person who presumed I was an idiot. The social implication of the special homeroom was pretty bad. In my Senior year of highschool I had another special homeroom; Although it was called the retard class, the teacher quite literally said "I see your situation, well then, do whatever you want [such as leave the classroom] but be sure to check in with me at the beginning and end of each class so I don't get into trouble". Explained in this light, many peers were envied my situation. This was good closure to that problem.

At my current college I have had bouts with the Office of Disability Services, for a hearing problem, but this system is built on request-based help so at the worst I just don't get help. The idea of my university administration removing me from a class because I am different is.... A federal offense. In this way, memories of highschool faculty saying "we are prepaing you for college" is lead in my heart.


I remember in second grade, my teacher allowed me to leave the classroom for a normal class for "reading" and "math", but I had to go back to the retard class for everything else. At least she was somewhat aware that I didn't belong in the class. =] I give her kudos for that.

Seriously. Having some diagnosis and being intelligent is torture. People think you're less capable than you really are. That's why I wish I had no diagnosis at all.

Logical paradox Wrote:
I went though school pretty much the same way. Back in elementary school I held pencils oddly, so they made practice writing "correctly" over and over... and I still hold pencils oddly and really isn't a big deal. I got my share of "OMG U R RETARDED LOL" back then. The people who run schools want them to run smoothly. Anyone who doesn't fit is tossed in the wastebasket.


I never held pencils "weird", but I used to write in all capitals in Kindergarten and I was yelled at for that.

I've also met a miserable old hag (seriously, I swear she was the perfect stereotype of a witch) who yelled at me for using "the wrong hand". Lucky she was only a substitute.

My old IEP also had a "goal" to make me stop walking on my toes. It never succeeded. I still do it today. IT'S JUST MORE COMFORTABLE, SHUT THE FUCK UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

Batman55 Wrote:
If you like to walk on your toes, ballet could be a deluxe vocation for you...


No. Not a dancer.

I think I've been luckier.

Apparently there was a governmental organisation that was supposed to make the schoolday better for me, but there was apparently some confusion about who was going to do it so nothing was done. Apparently an aspie I know was frustrated because of the "help" from the same organisation, she has unlike me dropped out of school and probably blame this organisation for it, at least she really hates them.

The only thing I got was this aide who dragged me out of the lesson where pupils are supposed to have the ability of affecting the schoolday. I might have said "-No aide PLS" in that lesson but the aide wasn't really bad and that lesson was usually just noisy and chaotic.

Maybe it is important to tell the world that the reactions of a diagnosis in this society today is so bad that many people would be better off not having a diagnosis?
I don't mean that people shouldn't get diagnosed, but that the reactions should be better.
Hm. I am on an IEP and in speech, but they still let me take AP European History, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics. There is certainly nothing that says having an IEP or 504 is going to preclude a student from taking advanced classes, so it was the administrative faculty's poor judgment responsible for such exclusion. I have gotten the same kind of crap from the school system, although not nearly as bad. My negative experiences are primarily through my dealings with individuals who work at the school rather than the policies put into the IEP.

Does anyone else feel sometimes like a walking contradiction? Some days I'll get a paper back that has a grade of A, then I'll go to my next class and feel completely stupid for not understanding some "simple" instructions. Just the other day, I completed only about a third of my economics test due to slow writing, and then I go to my college Argumentation class and our first exam gets back, and the instructor says I'm doing graduate school level work. I don't mind the (seemingly) contraditions, I don't mind the complexities and the tradeoffs of where I excel, where I do average, and where I do work on par with retarded people, but it sure gets frustrating (and often completely IMPOSSIBLE) to explain to someone that I can solve a differential equation but I don't understand what they mean when they say the clock is running fast.

earthmonkey Wrote:
Hm. I am on an IEP and in speech, but they still let me take AP European History, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics. There is certainly nothing that says having an IEP or 504 is going to preclude a student from taking advanced classes, so it was the administrative faculty's poor judgment responsible for such exclusion. I have gotten the same kind of crap from the school system, although not nearly as bad. My negative experiences are primarily through my dealings with individuals who work at the school rather than the policies put into the IEP.

Does anyone else feel sometimes like a walking contradiction? Some days I'll get a paper back that has a grade of A, then I'll go to my next class and feel completely stupid for not understanding some "simple" instructions. Just the other day, I completed only about a third of my economics test due to slow writing, and then I go to my college Argumentation class and our first exam gets back, and the instructor says I'm doing graduate school level work. I don't mind the (seemingly) contraditions, I don't mind the complexities and the tradeoffs of where I excel, where I do average, and where I do work on par with retarded people, but it sure gets frustrating (and often completely IMPOSSIBLE) to explain to someone that I can solve a differential equation but I don't understand what they mean when they say the clock is running fast.



the school would let me take these classes, but my parents would NEVER! It's so f***ing stupid that AP classes need a parent permission slip to get in...seriously WTF? That hinders students with f***ing stupid parents that baby them, and never let them do anything challanging.

I had a 105% in regular history class in 9th grade, so the teacher just hands me an AP form for next year without asking me if I wanted to take the class or not. So I run home SOOOO excited and I say "MOM MOM! LOOK I CAN TAKE AN AP CLASS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SIGN THIS SHEET!" and she takes one look at me, and gives me that "look" and says "you are not cut out to take ANY AP classes"......That was nearly a homocide there...stupid b****

pardon my french..ahem!

willjenn Wrote:
I know you don't mean to insult retarted people but your attitude towards their abilities disturbs me and you are perpetuating discrimination against them all the same.  You need to remove that word from your vocabulary.  I have a child in that "retard" class and I can tell you that she is just as valuable as you are.


Everyone else I know who got stuck in the classes hated them too. It's the class that's retarded, not the students.

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