Is anyone else like this in school?

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In subjects that I love (History, Biology, and German (my special interest)), I do very very well in, getting top grades and having a "locked" focus in which nothing can distract me... Although I think one of the reasons I do well in them is because they are quite fact based subjects that I can easily remember information for and not have to think hard about an opinion based subject such as English.

However, the subjects that I dislike or hate (especially maths, I loathe maths), I am like a completely different person. I usually zone out a lot and I miss out on hearing that homework has been set, and I get into a lot of trouble. I am also an extremely slow worker and no matter how hard I try, I can't do more-- yet I can in the subjects that I really like. Then when the teacher yells at me to speed up, I start panicking and stim a lot, sometimes even crying, because I feel like a failure.

Oh, and if a teacher doesn't shout at me or not notice that I am slow because they haven't seen my work in an opinion based subject, I like it because I can just go at my own pace and can process my thoughts better without any distractions.

I just get very confused how I can do so well in the subjects I love compared to the subjects I hate and I feel like I'm not trying hard enough, but I know I am, but... Aggghhh!

That's pretty close to what I experience.

Nope.

When I was 12 I got a huge obsession with Spanish, and it became my favourite subject in school. I even spent my pocket money on a Spanish learning set, which had a book and 3 CDs to help you learn the language, so that I could learn at home. But although I was willing to learn the language, I had trouble focusing, and also I still struggled in Spanish lessons at school, even though it was a special interest of mine. I soon lost interest though. I became obsessed with men instead, and wanted to spend all day having sex with sexy men instead of going to school. Although that obviously didn't happen.

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No, really, I didn't get laid until I was about 23. I was not an out of control teen lol . I just spent my teen life fantasizing about it.

Typical in adolescents yeah, but not sure if it's as typical in ASD adolescents.....

Yeah, that fits my experience as well. Even in elementary school, my report cards were riddled with remarks like, "It's great that StarTrekker loves to read so much, but she needs to learn when and where to do it!" During middle school, I even read the books we were set for English in band class, hiding the book on my music stand! One day in fourth grade, I was reading at recess like I always did. A teacher approached and said I could get up now, thinking I was in trouble (we were made to sit against the wall during recess as punishment for infractions). She saw that I was reading and said, "Oh... you're reading... well, why don't I hold your book for you and you can go play with the other kids!" I was nervous and bewildered, so I did what she said, but ended up wandering aimlessly around the blacktop until the bell rang.

In college, I loved most of my psychology assignments, and would put all my effort into them while spending almost zero time studying for my physiology and statistics classes, which were the ones I struggled with (I scraped by with low C's in both of them in the end). I've always had this problem, and my academic abilities are highly skewed as a result.

I liked subjects that were easy for me. I didn't focus as much in other subjects because I felt like I'd do bad anyways so I didn't see the point in trying super hard.