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Getting lost in school/on paper round/in car

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I remember when I was at school, the bell would go and the other children would get up and shoot off and I would not be able to remember where the next classroom was, I would arrive there after asking for help and the class had already started...

When I had a paper round the other kids would get back to the newsagents an hour before me....

As an adult I get lost in the car, even if the destination is just a few streets away, unless I do it VERY regularly..

Anyone else have this?

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  • Hi

    I have a good memory of data, so as long as it was in print, I could memorise the 2-week school timetable and locations. I always knew where the next lesson was,  but despite that, I was never ready to "shoot off" as you say. I remember it needed time to pick up my things and whatever text books I needed, and sometimes I needed text books for 2 lessons in a row before returning to my classroom. Somehow everyone was always ready except me. I was nearly always the last one to leave the classroom and then I would get hyper-anxious in case I was the last one to arrive at the next or I arrived without something important.

    We had these old flip-top desks with a chamber for books and belongings.  The worst thing was realising I didn't have one of the text books I needed, the shame of having to knock on the door and ask to get something from my desk, and be ridiculed by a teacher and a whole class, then have to arrive at my lesson late due to the extra journey, and be ridiculed all over again,  is something I'll never forget. 

    If there was a day with no double lessons, I would need up to 7 sets of books, those days made me want to weep. 

    Sorry if I've gone off your topic, but it kind of helped me to get this out. I'm having a low day and the tears aren't far away.

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  • Hi

    I have a good memory of data, so as long as it was in print, I could memorise the 2-week school timetable and locations. I always knew where the next lesson was,  but despite that, I was never ready to "shoot off" as you say. I remember it needed time to pick up my things and whatever text books I needed, and sometimes I needed text books for 2 lessons in a row before returning to my classroom. Somehow everyone was always ready except me. I was nearly always the last one to leave the classroom and then I would get hyper-anxious in case I was the last one to arrive at the next or I arrived without something important.

    We had these old flip-top desks with a chamber for books and belongings.  The worst thing was realising I didn't have one of the text books I needed, the shame of having to knock on the door and ask to get something from my desk, and be ridiculed by a teacher and a whole class, then have to arrive at my lesson late due to the extra journey, and be ridiculed all over again,  is something I'll never forget. 

    If there was a day with no double lessons, I would need up to 7 sets of books, those days made me want to weep. 

    Sorry if I've gone off your topic, but it kind of helped me to get this out. I'm having a low day and the tears aren't far away.

Children
  • in reply to Plectrum

    Hi Plectrum, sorry about the bad day, I have been emotional too.

    My schools were different, we kept everything in bag and carried it round all over....

    My mother had that ability to remember as you describe the large amounts of data, tables etc. that seems to be quite common within the spectrum, sadly I don't have that.... I hope you are feeling better.