It is a bit late here for me to make the kind of long comment I feel like making.

That said though. I had my own desk in the corner of the class (away from everyone) for most of my public school education... and I also wound up in a private Baptist school later on! I liked my own desk but still shudder when I recall my private school experiences.

In my early twenties I happened upon a pair of books that radically shifted how I thought about my 'unique' cognition. I do not know if they were widely printed or if they are even still available... but the first book was named 'Driven to Distraction' and the second book was 'Answer to Distraction'.

The combination of what I learned in them changed something in me and to this day I wonder where I would be without having read them.

Cheers and Hive on!