I really wish I was smart... What I mean by that is being able to get very good grades in school, having mental capacity to study a lot even if it's hard, not procrastinating too much, etc. but all of my poor work habits has led to being pretty dumb... And I feel like it's too late for that because I am 21 years old, and I feel like this opportunity is only if you are before 18 years old because past strongly shapes who you are sadly...
I seriously hate english class, i have to write a literary essay basically while I am basically trying to decode metaphors into a structured essay with proper grammar all of this shit just feels too hard for me... What do i do??
As someone who has very unfortunately been below average in terms of intellect like i was never very good at academics, needed special ed was approx bottom 10 percentile in academic skills, it really makes me extremely annoyed hearing people who are gifted complain about being gifted like how an earth are you not happy the fact you are literally top 2% in terms of cognitive ability, like bro this means you will have everyone liking you and especially when it comes to getting lot of girls and stuff bruh because they will admire your intellect because you can learn very fast... how is that not a good thing??
Like try being below average where effort barely pays off... like 21 years old, can barely do basic algebra or write academic essays, know lot of biology, etc due to my low IQ and even if I work my butt off for that, what reaction you think imma get from people??? "Oh ok, you are just getting caught up" instead of "wow you are so smart man! Thats so cool!" Like wtf is the point on effort if I am not going to standout?? Like you all can easily standout even with bit of effort...
It just feels very pointless if you aren't going to be above average. If I were to be at least average to above average in intellect ofc I would have actually tried because it is actually worth it...
I just wanted to make sure I am not using it completely wrong. Especially after hearing how much people are screwing themselves over due to Over reliance of chatgpt, and stuff.
In terms of helping with school work how reliable is it? Like should I use it sort of like a tutor to help me understand concepts?
I always hear a lot about how AI gives incorrect information, etc which has left me pretty concerned. I was just wondering how could I use it properly then? Of course I never really copy and paste i use it to help me explain complex information that I do not understand. How can I use it right?
Mainly it is because every time I try to sit down and read books It ends up being pretty stressful for me because I always worry if I understand the book super well otherwise it does not feel like real reading and just wasting time, I always feel like when reading books I must be able to understand and retain nearly everything otherwise it feels pointless sort of like how in school, you need to be able to engage in reading prompts such as understanding key concepts, main ideas, themes, write paragraphs and essays about it.
I am not very good with deep focus, I cannot notice details other miss particularly in academics like I can hardly notice grammar errors very well, so thus I cannot write good essays, I also am not good with pattern recognition.
Especially because the fact I have below average intelligence which what my autism came with..
Anyone else not have any strengths related to autism?
Also please do not tell me BS like "there are different types of intelligence" like no there isn't. If you were not good at school and academics like I did then you are not highly intelligent at all.
As someone who always had non verbal reasoning as a relative strength of mine according to past IQ tests by psychologist it is practically completely useless, especially in school setting where 80% of learning is learnt through verbal reasoning. I feel like my low verbal IQ is just result of lack of reading books most of my childhood and preferred things like playing with puzzles, etc. I really wish I have spent more time on books but as 21 year old I am at the age where IQ becomes much stabilized and cannot be increased... it is too late to do anything about it.
Just curious but is having like IQ like 100 - 110 a prequisite when it comes to becoming academic rigor student?
I am not talking about one of those online IQ tests like mensa, etc. I am talking about the ones that is clinical psychologist I was taken multiple times a while ago on those IQ tests while ago and it was always approx in the low 80s... and especially with verbal comprehension it was also below 80... This explains why school always felt very difficult for me... I do not think I'll ever be able to get decent grades in univ prep lvl courses even with hard work.
I hear that IQ is a big predictor of academic success.
I am 21 years old, and I cannot help but I sometimes feel extremely angry at myself how much time I have wasted. I could have invested my time on ANYTHING else like school, learning languages, musical instrument, etc. but during most of my teen years I have wasted all on freaking video games... I constantly compare myself to people who are younger than me, especially the ones who took school seriously, took all AP classes in high school, etc. but I took NONE of the AP classes and BARELY graduated high school, spent literally 0 time on reading books, or anything that could have contributed to better academic performance. I have this idea of turning my life around and become academic weapon but sadly... it is probably never going to happen. It is already far too late for this. I am at the age where I should already be thriving in university or college by now. like at least 2nd or 3rd year, but still need to work hard towards the prequisites I need for university. Also not trying to blame anyone but of course, throughout most of my childhood to young teens I had very little moderation and very little structure growing up.
Used to feel nostalgia for gaming and how much of good times it was but now it just turned into very darkest moments recently due to realizing how much of the precious time wasted.
This life is such a joke. And fuck my younger self. I don't even think I deserve a chance to even succeed at this point.
People do not wanna admit this but out of all hobbies gaming is by far the worst one... like in terms of skills it is literally inferior, it barely gives any transferable skills as much as other stuff such a reading books or even learning a language.
21 years old, have not accomplished anything very meaningful and signficent.
Did not grew up with reading a lot of books.
Never was a good student in school.
Does not have a job.
I honestly give up at this point. It is so over. It is too late.
Hey, just wanted to know if anyone on internet has taken a picture or at least short video from toy story 5 footage CinemaCon? I am aware that there are descriptions of what happened in the footage at CinemaCon but I have never seen any single pics of videos of the footage.
I swear this feels more like history class rather than actual English class...
I fucking forgot my important appointments like 2 damn times, i always need to rely on external structure just to get things done, despite being 21 years old, I still function more like closer to young teenager. I am so done. I dont think I am capable of being disciplined...
I always would see these people on internet who claim how high school is super easy and never studied and still gotten As and I honestly do not believe that. Like you mean like you managed to get As without studying like outside of the classroom? Because bro there is no way in hell you can do that... because I feel like it is either of course they are very naturally gifted or grew up with clear structured where putting in huge amount of effort is the norm.