Published on 12, July, 2020
I have noticed questions by carers about their children during lunch breaks. This got me thinking of my own experience.
I left school over 40 years ago and it is only in the last few years I realized I was autistic.
When I was at school a lot of lessons were quite formal which suited me. However when it came to lunchtime as all the schools I went to were nearby I went home for lunch. In the Junior school quite a few people went home for lunchtime which was nearly an hour and a half. Most occasions when I stayed it was for a club but I didn't like being at school for the whole day and especially the long lunch break.
I wonder if modern schools are more of a challenge for autistics.
I hated school, I couldn't concentrate and got into trouble for messing about in class. I got laughed at when I had new shoes which my parents had chosen. (I had no concept of what was "trendy"). When I was in my teens one of my classmates asked me what I was going to be when I grew up, a social outcast? That sums it up really.
Sorry you had a hard time. I remember the shoe thing as I had wide feet. I also remember being ridiculed for not being fashionable. I preferred clothes that were comfortable.