You don’t need to be good at school to be a good learner. They’re related, but they’re not the same thing.

School measures a particular bundle of skills: sitting still, meeting deadlines, performing on a given morning, caring about marks. Learning is the separate business of getting better at something you could not do before. The two overlap enough that people treat them as one, which leaves plenty of capable learners convinced they are slow because one system did not suit them.

Look for your own evidence outside the classroom. The game you got good at, the recipe you can now do without looking, the thing you fixed. Those count, and noticing them changes what you are willing to attempt next.