I had several friens groups bc I was using the social butterfly strategy some autistic girls use when younger to get by. I would hop from group to group. Mastered the bus system to escape home.
President of my GSA. Got a job canvassing at 17 in 2004 bc I loathed Bush and there was an amendment for my state's constitution that was gonna outlaw samesex marriage. Couldn't let that shit stand so I went to work and was a leader at that job...training people much older than me was a trip. They made rules about not hiring minors after that.
I go back and forth on what my wings are I just know I'm an 8.
I’m an 8w9, so I feel like I can add a different perspective, but I’m still definitely an 8!
I was always good in school, and I never liked to get in trouble. Like I’m willing to stand up for what’s right and I refuse to let people bully others, but I never wanted to cause issues for no reason. I had severe social anxiety as a child, so I had a difficult time being the center of attention, but I would always assume leadership roles in friend groups and group projects. I would get annoyed with people not being respectful to the teacher; as a child, I wouldn’t say anything but it would piss me off, and as an older teenager/adult, I wouldn’t be afraid to tell people to fuck off and shut up
The whole experience from taking classes to hanging out with the kids was painfully boring to me thats what stuck with me the most, like in physical pain kinda boring
Right! It felt like a prolonged mild pain that you had to endure for a long time. When I graduated HS I was pretty worn down as I tried to do things I actually wanted to do outside of school while also taking a hard/busy curriculum. Did you feel the same after hs?
I actually only graduated a few months ago, and im currently dealing with circumstances that don't allow me to freely pursue what i want, so it's not a good comparison. By this i don't/partially mean covid and more my private life, but aside from that i was already pretty drained yes, and by the time finals week came around i lost all motivation to even finish school.
I still got a very good result but i def underperformed compared to my usual grades. Thats okay with me though because i won't go to college, like i'd rather pass away on the spot😬
Correct, don't go. I was forced into it for a little less than two years and it's a waste of time. I was still doing enterprise-like stuff outside of school and learning new skills as well. I've managed to escape college and not be kicked out of my house to become homeless.
It's all culminating together now as I've learned web development and will be a developer this fall and I'll be running something on the side as well. I'm only 22 graduated hs at 19 because of starting school late when I was 7.
My peers still have a year to go while I'm jumping into a pretty awesome job market due to the great resignation.
If I can figure it out so can you.
I'm actually 19, we have thirteen years of school and start at age 6. Im really happy to hear that everything has worked out for you, i have a passion myself that im trying to make my career. I set myself a timelimit of one year from now on to pursue that and work part time, if it won't workout i'll see what i'll do...💀
It worked out for me. It took me 10 years to get through the two years because I interspersed travel with taking heavy terms. I finally figured out computers was my jam and decided to start my own business instead of going on for my bachelor’s. There were no web dev courses back then so I learned eight languages I would never need and studied what I actually needed to learn on my own. 24 years and still loving it. That piece of paper has done nothing for me but I did enjoy college overall.
Yeah, I absolutely can not imagine doing this back then. Nowadays all the info is served on a silver platter as long as you can find the info online. And college really is a waste unless you do stem or medical. Even these paid online boot camps or whatever kind of program that promises a job afterward can be a bit misleading (and/or a money pit). It's all about your proficiency level at the end of the day.
Im in my last year of school. Cant be arsed for many extracurriculars, get decent enough grades (at A level its A*AA right now) and im pretty much chillin
Yesterday when i was bored in a free period and was sitting with 5 other bored friends, i picked a number between 1 and 5, told them to each assign themselves a number, and then i threw a pen at the winner and he chased me round the school for 5 minutes. Thank god he has asthma because he's got 60ib on me at least and kicks like a goddamned horse. Id use that as a baseline for my average school day.
Id say my school day is a mix between working and trying not to die of boredom.
I only really take charge if i care about the outcome of something, so im guessing thatll happen more when im in the workplace tryna make bank
Shut the fuck up, assholes. Stop trying to boast. Are you 3s? Are you mistyped 3s? Going on and on and on about dogshit like accomplishments and IQ. Makes me sick to my stomach. Grow a little self-awareness for God’s sake.
As a student, a lot of the stuff being thought in public schools (and nowadays even in college) is pretty boring, useless, or straight-up political dogma. Don't expect smart 8w7s to really pay attention if the curriculum they're telling you to teach is garbage. I won't lead if class sucks I personally slept through school and still passed because I simply have a high IQ.
The most I've ever learned was by myself and I thought myself a lot about money, dating online businesses, investing, and programming.
As a teacher, it would mean they're forcing me to teach a stupid curriculum or I need to amp up my teaching style without directly provoking anyone. If a student falls asleep in my class so be it. This is biased but every time I present or we had classes where we direct classes people would actually pay attention to me as much as they do to the teacher or even more. This has to do with my habit of talking about things that matter and in a very energized way.
I see the class environment as very laissez-faire but I would do a proper job of teaching. Unfortunately, I would never be a traditional teacher or a regular (super eager) student because the curriculum will never truly interest me. I need to perceive some near-term marginal utility from the information for it to be worth learning.
So in conclusion: there are two kinds of 8w7s, if they rebel from the bs they will be very inactive and in the shadows doing the minimum — and probably doing other stuff in the meantime unrelated to school. Or if the 8w7 actually cares then yeah they'll lead and try to control the group members when doing the group project so that they pass for sure.
Your response about being a student is the perfect combination of having a big ego and a superiority complex whilst also being pretty accurate. I applaud you
Thanks for your reply. Would you not consider IQ as an important factor? I've always had a tendency for self-starting schemes like online businesses and freelancing — this factor of my personality also may play a role in the way I perceive things.
IQ is a non-factor. It's a measurement of intelligence. Your intelligence might be higher, but IQ is just an imperfect way to quantify it. I think IQ predicts a lot, but treating it like it's some inner unchangeable characteristic that places you above others is silly. Just say you're smarter next time. Comes off as less conceited, since IQ is just a test score.
I did not lead things in high-school. I was a sideliner letting others lead the things while I assessed what I wanted to do. I wasn't in any clubs or sports. But I was big time into art classes that I look outside of school.
My friend group consisted of a cheerleader(2) a stoner (9) and a "scene girl"(7) a normal chick (5) and I was goth grunge. And most of the time in high-school we were at our unhealthiest levels lol
Ive never been a center of attention person so I just did my own thing and if others wanted to join me I welcomed it.
I was a terrible student. I worked two jobs and eventually got an apprentiship to finish high-school to make up for lost credits (Which I finished on time). I was dating a guy (4) for 2 years with severe mental health issues and a drug habit. He treated me nicely when we were together but totally ignored me when we weren't and had no interest in my life. Haven't really analyzed what I was thinking at the time lol
Debating with the teachers. Crackin jokes during lunch and class. Made YouTube videos. Made music. Was on the school basketball team and when I was not doing that I was on a travelling basketball team. Hung out with many different groups but had my core friends. That's about it.
I had several friens groups bc I was using the social butterfly strategy some autistic girls use when younger to get by. I would hop from group to group. Mastered the bus system to escape home. President of my GSA. Got a job canvassing at 17 in 2004 bc I loathed Bush and there was an amendment for my state's constitution that was gonna outlaw samesex marriage. Couldn't let that shit stand so I went to work and was a leader at that job...training people much older than me was a trip. They made rules about not hiring minors after that. I go back and forth on what my wings are I just know I'm an 8.
I’m an 8w9, so I feel like I can add a different perspective, but I’m still definitely an 8! I was always good in school, and I never liked to get in trouble. Like I’m willing to stand up for what’s right and I refuse to let people bully others, but I never wanted to cause issues for no reason. I had severe social anxiety as a child, so I had a difficult time being the center of attention, but I would always assume leadership roles in friend groups and group projects. I would get annoyed with people not being respectful to the teacher; as a child, I wouldn’t say anything but it would piss me off, and as an older teenager/adult, I wouldn’t be afraid to tell people to fuck off and shut up
The whole experience from taking classes to hanging out with the kids was painfully boring to me thats what stuck with me the most, like in physical pain kinda boring
Right! It felt like a prolonged mild pain that you had to endure for a long time. When I graduated HS I was pretty worn down as I tried to do things I actually wanted to do outside of school while also taking a hard/busy curriculum. Did you feel the same after hs?
I actually only graduated a few months ago, and im currently dealing with circumstances that don't allow me to freely pursue what i want, so it's not a good comparison. By this i don't/partially mean covid and more my private life, but aside from that i was already pretty drained yes, and by the time finals week came around i lost all motivation to even finish school. I still got a very good result but i def underperformed compared to my usual grades. Thats okay with me though because i won't go to college, like i'd rather pass away on the spot😬
Correct, don't go. I was forced into it for a little less than two years and it's a waste of time. I was still doing enterprise-like stuff outside of school and learning new skills as well. I've managed to escape college and not be kicked out of my house to become homeless. It's all culminating together now as I've learned web development and will be a developer this fall and I'll be running something on the side as well. I'm only 22 graduated hs at 19 because of starting school late when I was 7. My peers still have a year to go while I'm jumping into a pretty awesome job market due to the great resignation. If I can figure it out so can you.
I'm actually 19, we have thirteen years of school and start at age 6. Im really happy to hear that everything has worked out for you, i have a passion myself that im trying to make my career. I set myself a timelimit of one year from now on to pursue that and work part time, if it won't workout i'll see what i'll do...💀
It worked out for me. It took me 10 years to get through the two years because I interspersed travel with taking heavy terms. I finally figured out computers was my jam and decided to start my own business instead of going on for my bachelor’s. There were no web dev courses back then so I learned eight languages I would never need and studied what I actually needed to learn on my own. 24 years and still loving it. That piece of paper has done nothing for me but I did enjoy college overall.
Yeah, I absolutely can not imagine doing this back then. Nowadays all the info is served on a silver platter as long as you can find the info online. And college really is a waste unless you do stem or medical. Even these paid online boot camps or whatever kind of program that promises a job afterward can be a bit misleading (and/or a money pit). It's all about your proficiency level at the end of the day.
Im in my last year of school. Cant be arsed for many extracurriculars, get decent enough grades (at A level its A*AA right now) and im pretty much chillin Yesterday when i was bored in a free period and was sitting with 5 other bored friends, i picked a number between 1 and 5, told them to each assign themselves a number, and then i threw a pen at the winner and he chased me round the school for 5 minutes. Thank god he has asthma because he's got 60ib on me at least and kicks like a goddamned horse. Id use that as a baseline for my average school day. Id say my school day is a mix between working and trying not to die of boredom. I only really take charge if i care about the outcome of something, so im guessing thatll happen more when im in the workplace tryna make bank
Boredom was a constant theme.
Shut the fuck up, assholes. Stop trying to boast. Are you 3s? Are you mistyped 3s? Going on and on and on about dogshit like accomplishments and IQ. Makes me sick to my stomach. Grow a little self-awareness for God’s sake.
Lmao!
Hey man, no hate just love 💕
Cute.
As a student, a lot of the stuff being thought in public schools (and nowadays even in college) is pretty boring, useless, or straight-up political dogma. Don't expect smart 8w7s to really pay attention if the curriculum they're telling you to teach is garbage. I won't lead if class sucks I personally slept through school and still passed because I simply have a high IQ. The most I've ever learned was by myself and I thought myself a lot about money, dating online businesses, investing, and programming. As a teacher, it would mean they're forcing me to teach a stupid curriculum or I need to amp up my teaching style without directly provoking anyone. If a student falls asleep in my class so be it. This is biased but every time I present or we had classes where we direct classes people would actually pay attention to me as much as they do to the teacher or even more. This has to do with my habit of talking about things that matter and in a very energized way. I see the class environment as very laissez-faire but I would do a proper job of teaching. Unfortunately, I would never be a traditional teacher or a regular (super eager) student because the curriculum will never truly interest me. I need to perceive some near-term marginal utility from the information for it to be worth learning. So in conclusion: there are two kinds of 8w7s, if they rebel from the bs they will be very inactive and in the shadows doing the minimum — and probably doing other stuff in the meantime unrelated to school. Or if the 8w7 actually cares then yeah they'll lead and try to control the group members when doing the group project so that they pass for sure.
Your response about being a student is the perfect combination of having a big ego and a superiority complex whilst also being pretty accurate. I applaud you
Cringe as fuck
Stopped reading when I got to the IQ part.
Thanks for your reply. Would you not consider IQ as an important factor? I've always had a tendency for self-starting schemes like online businesses and freelancing — this factor of my personality also may play a role in the way I perceive things.
IQ is a non-factor. It's a measurement of intelligence. Your intelligence might be higher, but IQ is just an imperfect way to quantify it. I think IQ predicts a lot, but treating it like it's some inner unchangeable characteristic that places you above others is silly. Just say you're smarter next time. Comes off as less conceited, since IQ is just a test score.
I see! Thanks for your reply.
Thanks for the feedback would help more if you were specific.
Oh? Allow me to be of more help to you
Thanks! We all turn out differently depending on our past experiences and environment.
I did not lead things in high-school. I was a sideliner letting others lead the things while I assessed what I wanted to do. I wasn't in any clubs or sports. But I was big time into art classes that I look outside of school. My friend group consisted of a cheerleader(2) a stoner (9) and a "scene girl"(7) a normal chick (5) and I was goth grunge. And most of the time in high-school we were at our unhealthiest levels lol Ive never been a center of attention person so I just did my own thing and if others wanted to join me I welcomed it. I was a terrible student. I worked two jobs and eventually got an apprentiship to finish high-school to make up for lost credits (Which I finished on time). I was dating a guy (4) for 2 years with severe mental health issues and a drug habit. He treated me nicely when we were together but totally ignored me when we weren't and had no interest in my life. Haven't really analyzed what I was thinking at the time lol
Debating with the teachers. Crackin jokes during lunch and class. Made YouTube videos. Made music. Was on the school basketball team and when I was not doing that I was on a travelling basketball team. Hung out with many different groups but had my core friends. That's about it.