Does anything get you /noticed/ as 'odd' at school?

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I don't show many emotions, I don't talk to people, and I have pi memorized to 67 decimals. 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078

I too am part of the "You'd never have guessed" crowd.

Clumsiness

It's hard for me to understand what others are saying unless they repeat themselves. This is a sensory thing but most people think I'm hard of hearing - LOL

My normal face looks like an angry face to everyone else.

I'm nervous all the time at school - I've had social phobia since the 5th grade.

I have no qualms about discussing human sexuality without it being dirty. My biology teacher loved this straightforwardness in my term papers

I bring hummus to school for lunch when everyone else brings Doritos...I don't consider this weird but apparently others do.

I feel the urge to correct everyone's pronunciation...even teachers. I can't help it if it irritates me that my English teacher pronounces "obsequious" as "ob-suh-QUEE-tious".

I sit with a group of people at lunch but am almost always left out of the conversation...I don't care about boyfriends and lip gloss, sorry.

I read books others consider weird. Sybil, The Bell Jar, Girl, Interrupted... you get the idea.

Whenever we're assigned partners to work on group projects, I request to work alone.

In 8th grade, nobody could figure out why I brought Psychology for Dummies to read for my own interest.

I write poetry that confuses and/or frightens people. When I read a piece I wrote about bullying at our school's art show, my teacher loved it and shared it with the rest of the staff. The next day I was called down to the counselor's office because he was concerned about the "suicidal" themes expressed in my poetry. Hmm...well at least that tells me it was a moving piece!

Nobody can seem to understand why I listen to oldies and classical music. Especially the Italian stuff. Hey - nobody ever bothers me about borrowing my iPod!