Reply #38: similar bored experience in FL during the late 70s early 80s. my solution -->>

[nashville_brook]

smoke lots of pot and do art. art was an excellent place for me in public school. you can be self-directed and not shunned for it.

i was a rebellious underachiever in academic areas and an overachiever in self-directed stuff -- like i used to make and sell things in jr high and high school. when i got older i did little service-type businesses.

i spent a lot of time in the guidance office. i had been in that 99th percentile since 2nd grade and i had a guidance counselor recommend that i drop out in the 10th grade. i was lucky to move to a different (less right wing) high school where a majority of the kids were from families of Phd chemical engineers. i graduated and went on to college, thank fucking god.

in college i found teachers were dying to work with self-directed students -- but i BARELY made it there. i could have easily fallen thru the cracks.