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Originally Posted by mixtape02
Maybe you're problem is focusing on not appearing "retarded" as you put it, when you're obviously not. There are autistic people of a lower IQ number and you're pointing out that you don't want to be like them, yet inventing reasons you're better than average performing students. Did they actually say you have offended them by performing better or appearing to be smarter than them?
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It's not so much what the people say, it's what they don't say. I was shown in subtle ways that I was not welcome in their circles. They would ask me things about the work and I was more like a teaching figure. On a personal level, my peers and I never bonded. I became what you could say is a "go to guy" for homework problems, etc. but not a friend as such.
OK, no, the thing is, OK, I did perform better than the other students, but I did not view myself as better than them. I think they did. I tried to be as approachable as possible, but it clearly did not work for them still.