What kind of school do you go to, and do you like it?

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04 Jan 2010, 7:00 am

I go to a private school. It's OK. I don't have any friends there but the people seem nice in general, teachers included. Also we're allowed to play handheld games during break and lunch, which definitely suits me.



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04 Jan 2010, 10:56 am

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I go to a specialist school and I love it. There are kids with a range of difficulties there, but no-one there is "Severely" (for want of a better word) disabled. I have friends there and people accept me as I am, I board there and it's become a second home. I don't get picked on if I want to pace the grounds in the evenings, or work in a small room by myself in the daytime, and my friends understand that I 'fill up' quickly - i.e a short conversation is enough for me, I can't socialize for long periods of time. I love being able to debate with staff there. The best thing about it is I am allowed to be who I am.


...oh dear, I think I've been rambling again. So yeah, what kind of school do you go to? Do you enjoy it? Why?


Wow, I really wish I went to a place like that! I went to look at a special school while I was looking at secondary schools, but it was really for people more severe than me, and it was all a bit "dumbed-down" (no offense intended for anyone who is more severe of course!). It just wasen't for me really.

Now, if I had a school which was a compramise, which was not meant for more severe people on the spectrum yet let you be yourself, make friends, etc, it'd be in heaven!

At the moment, though, I'm just in a normal secondary school. It's usually alright these days because I'm used to it.
Hmmm...well, I'd say my school is fine for more severe and milder people. There are both, but I don't think it's "dumbed-down"; they just give us the work we can do, depending on our needs. For example, in maths, most of my class are doing GCSEs, but there are two who can't, so they just do different work with a support assistant.


That's cool, the one I was looking at was pretty much only for severe people, and I doubt there was any place like the one you go to near me or I'd have looked at it.



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07 Jan 2010, 4:27 am

I go to an art and design specialist school... but I'm not in the art specialist stream. I have ONE very close friend there. There are lots of Aspies, and a whole team of staff in charge of them.



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07 Jan 2010, 10:55 am

For the past three years I have been attending a public high school. However, the school isn't willing to put their money where their mouth is as far as bullying goes, and most of the teachers didn't seem to know how to teach. They also didn't seem to understand the fact that yelling at me isn't going to make me obey them, just make me angry, regardless of how many times my parents tried to explain.

So after a few thousand meltdowns, a whole lot of yelling and a bit of violence, it looks like I am going to be accepted into distant education. Distant ed is like being home-schooled but you still have proper teachers around to explain stuff. It's perfect for me because it means I'll no longer have to socialize with those pieces of **** commonly called my 'peers'.



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09 Jan 2010, 8:20 am

A public school.
I'm in a class of 20 pupils. Sometimes it's tough, but I have nice teachers and I don't have to do things I can't do because of my Asperger's.


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09 Jan 2010, 10:40 pm

I go to an arts high school! I also board on the campus. I love it but, before I came, I thought it would be the most amazing place in the entire world! It is amazing, but it's not perfect. But, nothing's perfect so it's not a surprise. Though, everybody here is generally very accepting so that's a very good thing I'd have to say. Although, yes, that doesn't mean everybody is going to be your friend. They're just accepting.



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10 Jan 2010, 10:00 am

A public HS, I hate it most of the time but it can be decent at times even though I've had trouble findind and keeping friends.



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19 Jan 2010, 2:06 pm

I went to one of the best (grade-wise) grammar schools in the UK, and I hated it. People there are all too manipulative and the teachers and staff aren't particularly friendly. meh.



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09 Feb 2010, 11:41 am

A boring public high school. I would be better off at a performing arts school, because the one I'm currently attending kills creativity. The downside to attending a performing arts school is that the closest one to where I live is in Milwaukee, a 3 hour drive from my house. My mom and brother aren't willing to relocate to Milwaukee just so I could go to school there. *sigh* Guess I'll be stuck in this boring public high school until I graduate.



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10 Feb 2010, 5:28 pm

A comprehensive school, one of the best in the country. A lot of people there are stereotypical NTs (loud, stupid, ignorant, unable to back up their opinions, don't think before they speak, insult each other, don't attempt to learn), but some are okay.

Last year, I got to go on a school trip to our outdoor activity centre in Wales. They selected people from our school and two other schools. The people were great, not overly geeky, most jokingly called themselves "socially ret*d" (they thought I was joking when I told them that I was...), and above all, I was accepted. Best week of my life. I still see the majority of the people, none of whom I was friends with beforehand. For that, I'll be in my school's debt forever.



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13 Feb 2010, 9:36 pm

I go here:

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It's a really neat school (oldest in the SUNY system), but it's quite interesting to throw together in the same boat Long Island (Lawn Guyland) Cranies (Crane School of Music) with locals (some who have parents who teach at Potsdam), the education crowd and anyone else who ended up in the middle of nowhere. I see it as a little scary, but it's quite a small school. I'm always running into people I know.



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14 Feb 2010, 8:09 am

Solsikke wrote:
My school is for people with autism.
Most of them are boys, but its okay :)


Lucky you ;P



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14 Feb 2010, 2:56 pm

I go to a sixth form college. I don't have any friends there yet just accquaitences but I do generally get on with the people there and I get on well with the teachers.


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19 Feb 2010, 9:33 am

I attend a specialist school for people with general special needs. Its really good, theres a lot of kids with Cerebral Palsy, some with Autism(most are severe though), a few dyslexic etc.
Even though we are all very different theres virtual no bullying, very little falling out and a lot of care. We are a lot like a family type school where everybody is kind to each other and usually very accepting of difference.

I also stay until I'm 19(mainstreams 16) and we get transport to school provided.

I hated mainstream and haven't been since I was 12(16 now), I am much happier now.



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21 Feb 2010, 5:12 am

I go to this awful public school in north Texas. I swear, it is probably the worst school in the district. First of all, the campus is in the middle of a ghetto neighborhood, and most of the students who attend that school are on welfare. Most of the students there are extremely ghetto and obnoxious and I can't stand to be around them.

Thankfully, I'm in my last year at that hellhole. I graduate in June of this year.



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21 Feb 2010, 11:21 am

I go to a regular high school and I have advanced classes. In general, I really like my school. It's the best school in the district and we get a lot of privileges that the other schools in the district don't get (such as longer lunches, mp3 player usage, etc.) I'm in the IB program but I'm not sure I'm going to stick with it. I like the environment in the classes, but keeping up with the work has been hard.Socially, the kids in my classes don't like me. They think I'm weird, but I've found friends in other places. My boyfriend is 16 and is a sophomore in the ESE program because he also has Asperger's. I mostly hang out with his friends, but I also have my own group of friends. I hang out with kids who are older than me. I'm in the drama department and I love it there. I love every moment I'm on the stage. If I get out of IB, then I'd have to go to another, more pretentious high school that I'm actually zoned for (I get special permission to go to my school because I'm in IB.) I really don't want to go to the other high school.