i somewhat had this problem when I was younger. i would hear it from basically everyone and it always sorta confused me because i certainly have never really fe

i somewhat had this problem when I was younger. i would hear it from basically everyone and it always sorta confused me because i certainly have never really felt intelligent per se, more just passionate about trying to understand why things work the way they do. if anything i more identify as ignorant in most regards, because by assuming that i absolutely know something, i think im doing myself a disservice and potentially blinding myself from seeing other aspects of it that I haven't yet considered. i did the whole advanced placement thing for a little while but I never really stayed in those classes, mostly because i just didn't have any interest in doing the work in them. i never really struggled with any of them, i can't think of any reason why anyone should given that there's a textbook with everything in it and an internets for everything else, but I suppose i understand that some people learn differently than others, and even more people tend to disparage their own ability to learn (unknowingly often to their detriment as it causes them to reject valid conclusions that they might come to because of a lack of confidence in said ability).