Thanks a lot! I really appreciate you contribution, especially coming from a teacher; its just different I guess from my usual teenage encounters besides my family and therapist. Anywho, I hink I kkight just do as you suggested. I was talking with my mom earlier today and what I think I might do is speak to each teacher privately before class starts and just explain to them my situation and ask if I could just skip the intro thing. However I'm planning on going in this Friday to speak with my counselor about some things so I think I'll bring this up and ask for her advice. My mom said maybe e-mailing my teachers and CC-ing my counselor on it as well. We'll see how things go, thanks again!