This was me during my youth - quiet, polite and serene on the outside, white noise on the inside. Teachers couldn't work out why I excelled at some things and failed totally at others, they thought I was smart but not applying myself to my work. It took me til my 30s to get a diagnosis.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 46 points 3 days ago (7 children)

"a pleasure to have in class, but needs to apply herself"

[–] eyes@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"Has a lot of potential" got used a lot

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I got that a lot, along with "has poor impulse control"... Bitches, if you only knew what impulses I was controlling...

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