"Smart at silly things but stupid at things that matter''

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I like this . It's about NVLD ,but I think also applicable to ASD.

I meant Johnny not Jayro. Site won't let me edit my post

I've been given similar speeches, knowing more about silly things like trains, cartoons, and video games among other things but not knowing (or thinking or caring) about things like what we learn at school, people in Black History (Martin Luther King, Harriet Tubman, Malcom X, etc,) my Social Security number, my Grade Point Average, even spiritual things/things from the Bible (which I now care about but I won't talk religion!) I hated being talked to like that, it made me feel discouraged and guilty. Plus my stepfather insisted I watch the news and then tell him about it, which I either couldn't do or did try to do but couldn't give him satisfying answers, much to his frustration. I mean I could talk about trains, cartoons, video games, also tornadoes thanks to my parents having me watch the 1996 movie Twister, but couldn't/wouldn't talk about what I learned in school or place of worship. I cared little to nothing about those things. But I was reprimanded and discouraged so much and felt so much guilt, even worthless I had enough and tried to do better. I wanted my parents to be happier with me and I wanted the hurt to stop, although there were some things I still couldn't do or couldn't improve on. And I was sick of being downgraded because I knew more about things I was interested in but not what I should have known.

And sadly, there some answers I knew but was scared I'd be wrong so I wouldn't answer. I was once asked what was the longest river in the U.S. I knew it was the Mississippi River but I was scared I'd be wrong so I said nothing, making my parents think I didn't know. If I could go back and do that again!

And although I did want to be better, I was still interested in silly stuff and got distracted and didn't care as much about the more important stuff, only to suffer the same discouraging consequences! Thankfully I did get better.

My younger sister went through the some of the same things and she doesn't even have autism!

So I see what you're saying, at least i think and hope I do!

good at really cool things that boring people don't value
rubbish at really boring things that boring people do value

bad at worldly things
good at being cosmic outer worldly

we are in essence
other worldy

perhaps
simply
too cool
for the boring people
of this world

unfortunately
the boring people
do the "important" boring jobs
that make the complex unnecessary infrastructure of global capitalism system
and the supporting industries operate

that stop us all from being happy....

cosmic as we are
only we will even know
as the boring people
would never let
someone as cosmic as us
shine

nobody cares what i'm good at, they only cuss me for not being good at what matters to them [sports, socializing, $spending$$$].