Who else found school to be boring and unchallenging?

I'm not sure how school's are these days as I went to school in the 70s and 80s. School bored me to death. I spent half the time doodling or writing in a notebook. I wanted to drop out in 10th grade but my parents refused to let that happen. I showed up for them and bidded my time. I was that one guy who never studied didn't really try and got great grades. Besides music and english everything else failed to hold my attention. I hated learning the same stuff everyear always leaving off at the same points of the book. In history we spent eternity on WW2 but school would end by time anything more current in the book would come up. I never understood how the books could have so much stuff we never get to cover yet each year the same stuff was rehashed.

Somedays I wish I applied myself more.The teachers used to tell my parents "Ivan is a good student he just needs to put forth more effort." I'm willing to wager I may have made valedictorian if I tried enough. I suppose I've made my bed...