I had a very different experience with a similar start: a D in eighth-grade math – and then was stuck being incredibly bored in remedial math in 9th - when choo

I had a very different experience with a similar start: a D in eighth-grade math – and then was stuck being incredibly bored in remedial math in 9th - when choosing classes for 10th I lied, and changed my class roster at submission time. My altered roster was accepted, and I was back to "on track". Sometimes even very rulebound places aren't very good at catching people ignoring the rules.