Okay, so I am academically smart, and I learn a lot of things from what i read. In class, when the teacher tells me to do something, like research a country, I'll do that and get more than I need, then I get an A+ on it. I have a 4.0 GPA, and I come off as a bit weird. Science and math are so straightforward to me, but people have told me I lack common sense. Many have told me to utilize that part of my brain in practical situations. So, an example would be, my mom told me to walk the family dog, and I do that. Along the way, our dog goes and does his business on someone else's yard. I come back, and my mom asked if the dog took a dump, and I said "yes." She's like "did you pick it up afterward?" and I'm like, "no" then I get a scolding like, "if the dog takes a dump on someone's property, you PICK it up!" then i go and say, "but i didn't have a plastic bag with me." I countered, then she says "Use your common sense! You WOULDN'T like it if some stranger left poop on YOUR property, now would you? Next time, CARRY a plastic bag!" Now that I think about it, I didn't use common sense. Another time, my mom was cleaning the house, and she told me to go get a rug from the box outside. Now, the box holds a lot of rugs, and me, being me, I went and picked a random rug from the box. The rug I picked had stains and a big smudge of dirt on it. I brought it to her, and she's dumbfounded. I'm like, "you told me to bring you a rug from the box." she's shaking her head like, "when I told you to bring me a rug from the box, I meant give me a CLEAN one." and I say, "you weren't specific enough." and she looks at me strangely and lectures me on using that common sense. In fact, I hardly use it at all, and expect some people to elaborate or explain themselves more so I can understand it. I can calculate the average mass of a dumpster truck and derive the function of x, but is it that strange that I can't do simple things like walk the dog and pick up the droppings, or bring clean rugs to people?