Quote from: calcdude84se on November 26, 2010, 07:10:17 pm

He said that he was probably a "highly functioning autistic" somewhere or other.

I think when we get used to doing something non-stop for ages, we can do it fine while other people would not be able to do so if they tried other ways. In my case, for example, even 2 years after I got internet at home, I could type about twice faster on the calc than the computer.

same, I try to get >95% in every class, but it requires tons of studying.  But in exception, last quarter my only grade less than an A was a B+ in history, cuz the teacher didn't grade my project yet and didn't feel like it, so I just got a 75% for turning it in on time.  He even told me he didn't look at it yet (a month after).  Now he deserves to be 'whapped' with a wire brush in my opinion.

That sucks :S. In my case I didn't need to study a lot because I am more visual so even if I studied, the wall of text wouldn't get through. I learned stuff by practicing or when the teacher explained. I just needed to re-read some notes for stuff that you needed to memorize or something.