Sometimes ppl who struggle in school early on get the gift of realizing that they have to find (& forge) other ways of being valuable whereas some other times ppl who master test-taking in their childhood have to figure that out (& unlearn certain schooling habits) in their 20s
I was excellent at school, figured out how to prepare for and ace every test. Bailed on academia to learn how the real world worked (2001). Started a business. 20 yrs later I am finally starting to put it together in the wild.