Gah!

[conuly]

That abnormal psych class... It's DEFINITELY not worth what it's doing to my sanity.

We're talking about - I don't know what. Social anxiety disorders. Something. And Asperger's comes up. And he says something about how "most aspies are of average intelligence - above average intelligence, most of them are geniuses!" and I'm just sitting there going "well, gee, thanks, but that's just not true!"

So I raised my hand.

Now, you need to understand something. Usually, I sit by the wall. I will never willingly sit out in the open. I have to be in the wall, preferably in a corner, in the back - and if I can face the door, so much the better. But today I was late. And the ONLY desks left were right in the front. I could've reached out and pulled his hair.

And he ignored me.

I should've just said something, I normally would've forgotten to even raise my hand - but I was *right there!* How could he possibly not call on me? It's a little blatant, isn't it? And it's not like I'm always calling out in class - in fact, because I know it annoys people, I've taken to playing a lot of freecell (besides, in this class it's really saving my temper).

And he ignored me!

Comments

[serendipitous24.livejournal.com]

I agree with this. If the professor knows that you have Asperger's then it might indeed be a case in point of him fearing looking inadequate. At any rate, the professor was a jerk to just ignore you, agreed. I am in abnormal psych. as well, and it gets to me BIG time. But, that is because of my son, what I hear the prof's saying about ASDs in general when it comes up, and my own issues. I think that I have autism related issues of my own, but they kept labeling it ADHD growing up. BTW, I added your community (aspergers) as you had mentioned. Can I add you also to my friends list?

[conuly]

Yes, you certainly can.

[conuly]

Gonna give you fair warning here, I and my friends tend to have anti-cure attitudes. Which doesn't mean "help of any sort is evil", but does mean "trying to get rid of autism altogether is, at best, counterproductive, and I'm being generous"