My name is Isadora Smackle. This is my story. I don't have much memory of when I was young. But I guess the first notable thing I have to admit is I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at age 5. Talking to people and communicating with them has just always been more difficult for me than it is for most other individuals. I mean I eventually developed a "formula" for speech that helped me better communicate with others. But it's still confusing. Like, why do so many people say: How are you doing?, but then walk away right after they do it? That makes no sense. I'm told by my mom that communicating with people is important. And yet during a great deal of my early life, whenever I went out to social functions, most people would just be starring at their cell phones most of the time. Why do people go out and about in public just to stare at their screens like they're still home? Why do so many parents left their children watch movies rated PG and PG13 without them? Doesn't PG mean parental guidance? Yet I never see parents giving any guidance to their children before, during, or after the movie. The parents just seem to be glued to their cell phones before and after the movie. Why is that?
As you can tell, the world is confusing at times. Sometimes I don't know if I see things the rest of the world doesn't, or if the rest of the world sees things I don't. Maybe it's some strange mix in between. I can see why there are many people in the world that make bad and inappropriate choices. They aren't taught any better. But why do so many people that are seemingly well educated still commit crimes and deceive the masses? Is there something wrong with their brains like there is with mine? The famous people I see on the news that do bad things were never diagnosed with a mental disability. Does that mean that they had one without anyone knowing? Or is doing bad things intentionally just what some normal people do?
I know I come across as a little bad to some people though. People have said that I can come across as a bit rude, unsympathetic, lacking empathy, and a big know it all at academic competition events. I don't try to be. I'm just playing to my strengths when I'm at academic events. I'm using my strengths to the best of my ability. But maybe I do act a little prideful at times. Because the rest of my young life has involved my very spirit being figuratively stepped on.
From a young age, I was taken advantage of whenever I did team activities. Typically it was in science class. I would jump in to do as much of the work as I could. My team mates would then have reasons why they had fallen behind on their part, and I would eagerly pick up the slack. Because I wanted the project done. This went on for years until teachers and my therapist finally realized that I was being taken advantage of by my classmates. My single-minded focus on the work had blinded me from being able to see that my classmates were using me to get away with not working. There would even be other times when students would try to frame me of cheating on a test, stealing things from the teachers, or doing other unethical things because my single-minded brain that was focused on educating myself and working hard, caused me to miss a few things going on around me. So yeah. Despite being someone who easily gets A pluses on all of her work in school, life is challenging for me. I went through the first eight years of my life in proper schooling without any real friends. Then everything changed when I met... Farkle Minkus.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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