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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think he’s trolling you.  My oldest is like this and it can be incredibly aggravating—you can ask if she has any homework due for math and she will say no, but in fact she has some assignment that for some technical reason was not called “homework” that is due.  That’s just one example but she often misinterprets instructions because she thinks shout them literally not practically—she’s often the one that suffers the consequences so it’s not something she’s doing on purpose.  She is borderline for an ASD diagnosis.  It’s very common in people with ASD.  Like many personality traits, this comes on a spectrum.[/quote]

OP, yes, this exactly. Sometimes the teacher will tell students who didn't complete their classwork to finish it at home, but as far as he is concerned, he doesn't have 'homework,' he has 'classwork to complete at home.' Then I adapted to asking: Do you have any schoolwork that you are supposed to work on tonight? LoL. I can't think of the precise example, but I remember another instance when I was calling something a "project" but the school called it something else and he never knew what I was talking about.

I don't think he's trolling me. I think he is genuinely answering the question he thought he was asked. I mean, he can certainly be a smartass, but these particular examples seem real and as I said, are just examples of a frequent occurrence.[/quote]

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