Art for both high school and college. I was a long ways from being the best, but in high school, I spent lunch time and study halls in the art room. This was decades before I knew I was on the spectrum. And Art? For me it all started with horror movies. Eighth grade teacher quote: "Do you ever drawn anything other than monsters?"
Nine grade teacher, after seeing me draw a still life before I got glasses: "Have you ever heard of Salvador Dali?" That started my branching out from monsters and as my tenth and eleven grade teacher told him at the time: "Don't show him that. You're going to ruin him." I was really attached to my tenth and eleventh grade teacher. She was old, short, gray bob cut hair, and large glasses. I adored her, and she was the first person to tell me "You know, you're really not a painter." She was right. It didn't stop me. The discovery of computers about four years later did that.
I was also in advance math classes in high school. I don't think I was very good. I did all the work in my head, didn't show my work, and was not always right. I could not remember concepts. I had to figure it out each time.
I always enjoyed math, but as I said, I was not very good. In hindsight, there were several students who wer on the spectrum in my class. I'm basing that on memories of their behavior. My math teacher was patient and wonderful.
I also enjoyed my English classes, but that was because the teachers were always nice. One fed my interest in horror films.
16 Aug 2024, 4:33 am
