I think so. And he is presumably right. You either

    - learned something -- aced the tests
    - had the opportunity to learn something -- didn't ace the tests but somewhy you still claim that you were bored

It is possible that neither happened, you just somehow knew everything. But that's highly improbable.

My point is that the actual content of school material was very low, especially compared to university.

Of course I did actually learn the material of the tests, but the actual learning outcome of my schooling is far worse then it could have been, given the 12 years invested.

What is this supposed to mean? "Most people need to work to get good grades in school" is a very self-evident statement, is it not?

>Most people need to work to get good grades in school" is a very self-evident statement, is it not?

No? I obviously had to put in a lot of work in university, but during school I never did, which was quite common, at least among my friends.

Even for the semi-standardized test at the end of school I tried learning, but I didn't know what to do, so I gave up.

He is. Today is the day you realise that thanks to your innate intelligence you had a time of privilege in school.

I felt much more privileged when I was at university and there were students far more intelligent than me, who helped me with the material.