[anthomtb]

I too learned BASIC when I was 12 and often felt alienated from my peers.

Turns out the alienation was from being a know-it-all, argumentative asshole and had very little to do with my programming skills. Most of my classmates probably would have found the programming somewhat interesting had I not lofted it over their heads as a badge of self superiority.

[ushakov]

i wasn't the kind of a person you're describing

it just so happened that my knowledge helped me perform better at IT class than anybody else, so they got pissed at me for being able to comprehend something they themselves don't

[anthomtb]

This makes one wonder what era and culture in which you grew up.

You really got bullied just for being the most knowledgeable one in class? If so that’s awful and I’m sorry for what you had to go through.