Fellow Aspies: Did you drop out of HS? Why?

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Like you're out of touch with modern society? A bit immature? I am 26 and I feel behind in many things. I dropped out of HS due to "other" issues in school(Not getting along with peers, fighting, being "defiant"). I dropped out because I felt the "real world" was much more mature(I always got along well with those around my fathers or even grandfathers age). It turned out not so well. I do regret dropping out, but I understand WHY I did it. Had nothing to do with academics but social and behavioral issues, just plain "adaption". I am currently laid off, although I did volunteer from 18 - 20, I held a couple of jobs since but the economy does indeed make it tough. I hold a G.E.D by the way.

I dropped out of HS because of a bout of depression.....I went back and graduated a year later. I also went to uni and dropped out after 2 years because of emotional issues/ stress etc. and went back 2 years later (I'm still there now) .......seems to be a bit of a pattern for me.................

No. I stuck with it to graduation, despite all of the bullying, ostracism, and inept teachers with tenure.


I wanted to be the first male of my generation to actually graduate from H.S., and not just earn a G.E.D.

I dropped out, but it wasn't related to AS. I was in and out of the hospital for about a month and missed a lot of school days. Most of my teachers let me make up the work I missed, like they should have, but my P.E. teacher was an as*hole who decided to fail me for every day I missed. Failing that class caused me to fail the semester, and the school wanted me to repeat it. I refused, and I got no help from the principal or counselors. My mom advised me to drop out and get a GED, which I did. It was easy and didn't take long; I should have dropped out as soon as it was legally possible.

Um, yeah. Just couldn't take it anymore at school or at home... mostly anxiety and exhaustion related. Oh, and NVLD-related. I couldn't have graduated with my grades, anyhow.

I always found highschool extremely boring and socially uncomfortable, with nothing of any value being taught. I would occasionally get in trouble simply for correcting teachers' mistakes, until I had enough and began to frequently disrupt lessons for my own amusement, from whistling and swearing in class, to letting off smoke bombs and setting things on fire, until I eventually discovered that it was more fun to just get drunk in school with the other "bad" kids and wander off into town whenever I pleased.

I was permanently expelled after being temporarily suspended too many times, for what was seen as persistent bad behaviour, and truancy.

After that they made me go to a special education unit, where a taxi picks you up every morning, and then they lock you in the building all day. This was supposed to be where all the "bad kids" go, but I never had anyone try to give me any trouble. The problem was that everyone was always together in a group, in the presence of multiple teachers, and there was nowhere to take a break away from the constant social interaction. I couldn't eat lunch at all, not even one day. Too crowded, practically claustrophobically packed in. Yuck.

After a month or two, I stopped getting in the taxi in the morning. Eventually, it just stopped coming, and that was that. No more school. I was always considered to be intelligent even despite my behaviour, and all throughout school I was given work which was years ahead of what the other students were doing, but when I left I had no qualifications of any kind.

If I stayed where I was, I would have dropped out. But currently, I'm enjoying my Junior year somewhere else and therefore, chances of dropping out is very nil. Anyways, I felt that the school I used to go was never for me since the first few days.
After switching schools, I believed in myself again and grades were going up and no more elitist bastards. It also now takes more to take me down emotionally

Fnord, You are a tank! You took all that and still graduated

I was too cool for school and got expelled.

Think I should count myself lucky for having been homeschooled for most of it. You could say I got off easy, but I think that if you can do all the same work and also be in an environment you feel more relaxed in without unnecessary problems, more power to you. I really do think there would be a lot less problems and perhaps even fewer tragedies if more people took this route.

Yes, I dropped out when I was 16. Ultimately due to the fact that I never really paid attention to most any of my classes, because I was constantly reading books instead. Starting in about grade 4 (I skipped the 3rd grade).

I dropped out of college because of stress (mainly not being able to hear the professors/understand what they were saying)

After 8 years, I'm enrolled again.

I was eagerly awaiting the day I turned 16 and could quit school ever since I was in early grade school.

I hated going there and leaving my home all day every day, I hated the bullying, I hated public restrooms and wouldn't use them, I hated eating lunch in front of other people and wouldn't do it, I hated the teachers making me do stuff, especially things like group discussion, reading out loud, and gym, and after grade school I was never even in the same school for more than a year.

I wouldn't go through all that again for anything unless I could be home schooled.

I had to go to family court multiple times for truancy and even got sent away twice.

I never was even in a normal high school. By the time I got to high school age family court kept sending me away to various places.

I almost got expelled , but they agreed not too and they did well because i stayed on and got 8 gcse's

I dropped out, my story is here: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt189433.html

No.

I came home crying and exhausted every day. I couldn't do anything, not even eat properly. Then, every time I woke up, I started feeling extremely depressed and frustrated, and punched walls and other things around my house. I skipped at least 1/3 of all the high school time. It was worse in middle school, though, where I skipped 2/3 of all the time.

I never imagined that I would finish secondary school, at one point it was seriously considered that I should be home- schooled due to multiple issues such as being depressed at school, feeling isolated and taken advantage of (people kept asking me for money). I was lazy, fell asleep in class constantly due to insomnia, didn't respond to teacher's questions and didn't make eye contact. I just found it hard to because of distractions, depression, reading out loud and teachers constantly asking if I understood the material.

However, I managed to overcome these issues due to a lot of support from a few teachers that saw the real me, the kid that actually did want to learn. They offered me emotional help and helped me to understand my peers whom I thought were crazy, irrational and immature but were actually good people. My school offers an extra year called Transition Year between junior and senior cycle where there are no exams and the focus was on personal development and making friends. Bingo! I finally had more friends and self confidence.

I'm now thriving in senior cycle three months away from completing high school hopefully for ever. I do find it hard to deal with changes in routine, disruptive students etc but I have teachers and friends to help me to deal with that. To anyone thinking of dropping out due to these problems, make sure you consider all of the options and see if there are any solutions so that you still get some qualifications which will help you in life.