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Primary school not too bad as the teachers and kids were generally lovely. I am Autistic and have ADHD , though was not diagnosed with Autism till after getting my A levels results in 2012, while ADHD at age 4. SENCO in primary school were lovely and understanding of my support needs and the primary school was pretty chill.
High School on the other hand was a nightmare from the get go, a sensory hell and made me depressed.
Loud noisy nowhere to go if you wanted somewhere quiet, have memories of losing break times and being stuck in class because the other students generally misbehaved during class.The teacher would just say you couldn’t leave for break time,stay in the classroom ”and go on their merry way. It could be from 30 minutes to an hour of being stuck in a classroom with loud students,not good if you have sensory issues.This was on top of the noisy lessons as well.
Also the bullying how I hated that,constant verbal bullying, food being thrown at me,things taken from me. Being bullied for largely being different and not having “typical interests”.
While I did okay academically it did me bad mentally,socially and emotionally. Remember being relieved when it was half term but then feelings of dread when I had to go back. I also remember having shutdowns,sensory overloads constantly during school and afterwards.Also had to go to bed due to the aftermath of it all.
While I was alright with some students I generally always felt like an outsider and was one of the kids picked last or not at all in group work or PE. Felt real bad especially in GCSE Drama as noone wanted to be my partner for our last assignment and the person who was made my partner didn’t want to be my partner either.Plus felt a bit bullied by my year 10/11 Drama teachers especially as I had to take days off due to the stress of school plus I had also developed tics around the time as well.
Subject wise the only subject I really enjoyed was GCSE History as I enjoyed the coursework. I hated design and Food technology,Science,PE especially due to my lack of coordination plus this is where I normally encountered the most bullying.
I also lost my support and accomodations in High School which made it worse I suppose as I was meant to have 1:1 support as put in my statements.It was even promised by the high school but never given. Though I did interact with the SENCO they were also rather rough worse than some of the teachers, even remembering hearing them talking behind my back about me rather nastily when I was put in the SENCO room.
I went to a different school for A levels which was much better and got 1:1 support in place but it wasn’t perfect but it was still good.Much better environmentally though I always went to the ICT room by myself to recover from the lessons and the 6th form room was too loud.The teachers and students were much more chill and laidback,and the teachers didn’t have the elitist mindset my previous school did either.
Overall did I enjoy school? No and am glad that’s behind me,sure they were good bits such as the school trips(Only because I got out of the loud,cramped environment). I was not able to do University as I could not cope with the environment or workload so had to drop out.Me and my parents are hoping to move in a few years near a city where my other relatives live so we have more things to do as they is not much here in my small town.
High School on the other hand was a nightmare from the get go, a sensory hell and made me depressed.
Loud noisy nowhere to go if you wanted somewhere quiet, have memories of losing break times and being stuck in class because the other students generally misbehaved during class.The teacher would just say you couldn’t leave for break time,stay in the classroom ”and go on their merry way. It could be from 30 minutes to an hour of being stuck in a classroom with loud students,not good if you have sensory issues.This was on top of the noisy lessons as well.
Also the bullying how I hated that,constant verbal bullying, food being thrown at me,things taken from me. Being bullied for largely being different and not having “typical interests”.
While I did okay academically it did me bad mentally,socially and emotionally. Remember being relieved when it was half term but then feelings of dread when I had to go back. I also remember having shutdowns,sensory overloads constantly during school and afterwards.Also had to go to bed due to the aftermath of it all.
While I was alright with some students I generally always felt like an outsider and was one of the kids picked last or not at all in group work or PE. Felt real bad especially in GCSE Drama as noone wanted to be my partner for our last assignment and the person who was made my partner didn’t want to be my partner either.Plus felt a bit bullied by my year 10/11 Drama teachers especially as I had to take days off due to the stress of school plus I had also developed tics around the time as well.
Subject wise the only subject I really enjoyed was GCSE History as I enjoyed the coursework. I hated design and Food technology,Science,PE especially due to my lack of coordination plus this is where I normally encountered the most bullying.
I also lost my support and accomodations in High School which made it worse I suppose as I was meant to have 1:1 support as put in my statements.It was even promised by the high school but never given. Though I did interact with the SENCO they were also rather rough worse than some of the teachers, even remembering hearing them talking behind my back about me rather nastily when I was put in the SENCO room.
I went to a different school for A levels which was much better and got 1:1 support in place but it wasn’t perfect but it was still good.Much better environmentally though I always went to the ICT room by myself to recover from the lessons and the 6th form room was too loud.The teachers and students were much more chill and laidback,and the teachers didn’t have the elitist mindset my previous school did either.
Overall did I enjoy school? No and am glad that’s behind me,sure they were good bits such as the school trips(Only because I got out of the loud,cramped environment). I was not able to do University as I could not cope with the environment or workload so had to drop out.Me and my parents are hoping to move in a few years near a city where my other relatives live so we have more things to do as they is not much here in my small town.
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