Friends

Find people you genuinely like - not so much for their stuff or their looks or their talent/skills - and learn from them. We Sperbergers tend to glom around with fellow serious student types, which functions quite well for learning school subjects, but tends to leave us a bit behind the curve in personal skills development.

It's always good to have a few friends who aren't all that interested in being 4.0 students. You may find they could be if they dedicated themselves exclusively to studies, but they consider social development more important. Once you get out of school, most people won't really care whether you had a 3.7 or 3.9 GPA, but they will be interested in having you around if you are genuinely fun and interesting to talk with.

You will encounter people who talk about the simplest, most mundane topics but they hold your audience with their delivery, style and / or demeanor. Such people are the ones that make great friends. You can learn from each other - shore up your shortcomings with his/her expertise and vice versa - and genuinely enjoy your time. You'll remember that a heck of a lot more than your Algebra textbook twenty ywears from now.