I have spent a great deal of my career teaching. Would it surprise you to learn that I am a terrible student? (or not be surprising at all?). I can't seem to pay attention in a classroom. I get too chatty, distracted, or I get too bored. I'm sociable, but learn best by self-study, which I learned in my freshman year of college. I even set a goal of staying awake through an entire lecture hall presentation. I met that goal only once or twice.
It even came to the point where one of my professors singled me out in a lecture hall of about 250 students, I still couldn't stay awake. The professor complained about his dislike of those sleeping in class, and I didn't hear him because I was asleep. Then, he shouted, "Like that guy right...