I find I just learn differently than when I was younger. At college I could just sit there listen to the teacher and absorb everything. It made doing tests whic

I find I just learn differently than when I was younger. At college I could just sit there listen to the teacher and absorb everything. It made doing tests which just require knowing stuff without needing to apply that knowledge easy. These days I'd fail miserably at that but now I can read something and figure out how to apply that knowledge to something pretty easily. Which I think is the better option. Try changing how you try learning new things, if you used to read things try videos or working through examples.