I read from the comments below that you are studying computer science. My advice is bias. You probably aren't in the last 2 and a half years of the program ye

I read from the comments below that you are studying computer science. My advice is bias. You probably aren't in the last 2 and a half years of the program yet where you do coding projects. I find that I don't have to be at every class ( although I go anyway ) to do well in those because a lot of it is coding and completing projects. (Binary Tree, Hash Tables, Disjoint Sets, Linux File Systems, Building an Operating System). Whats my advice? Suck it up. You will convince yourself you love to learn from people you have paid to listen to that you don't fully respect (you didn't fully respect your teachers in high school from the sound of it), you love to learn computer science because you love how close it is to pure creation (in my opinion). You love the fact that with the foundation that you pick up you will be able to build wonderful applications for millions of people to use. There is no secret, listen to what your lecturers have to say, take notes, and just do it. High school is easy, college is easy, computer science is not. You can't allow yourself to get use to that 'selective' hearing bullshit. But I have faith in you, life is all about effort and if you actually put the effort in you won't struggle in the long run. Or maybe the major isn't for you. My 2 cents.