High School Counsleor Meeting

I was in my first year if high school and I was in a meeting. My divorcing parents were there, and so was my counselor. The meeting was happening because I was a screw-up student. The counselor and my mother were debating the nature of my idiocy when my father broke in, "You realize that this kid is smarter than anyone in this room."

He said it earnestly and I believed him. I think my mom and my counselor believed him too. It made me question the institution of high school. If I was so smart, why was I a screw-up?