@DaoLaw Don't be harsh, some people are like that.
Only paying attention in class did keep me at the top of the year until highschool and in top few or at the top, depending on subject, in highschool. IMO, curriculum was easy or at least it being of a generalist type of curriculum was my type of curriculum. Eyy, ex-Yugoslavia's curriculums. Everyone here hates it but I did have a lot of free time back then.
It's nice as long as you never need to actually study OR you aren't lazy bum. Which I am and not "knowing" how to study bit me in the ass after highschool.
Doing physical kind of work for prolonged time, it's fine, can keep my lazyness in check. Ask anyone I worked with and they'll say I'm a hardworker, if not someone who overworks himself everytime.
Using my damn brain to make physical work easier or more efficient or faster, you name it, anytime. With pleasure. Tell me I MUST find a way to make it more efficient and I'll actively start working worse. When I got to the point where I HAD TO study, my brain i.e. me just fucking refused. DO it from a getgo or never. Which is ironic since I
highly value knowledge and am always trying to learn more and actively use brain in everyday tasks to make myself more efficient. I love random knowledge. But tell me I HAVE TO learn that same random knowledge and I'll spit in your face.