When my daughter was really young I took her to a horse show just to see what she would think of it. She did not seem to be all that interested in watching it and I asked her, "hey, don't you want to watch and see what is going on?" Her reply was "No, I don't want to watch it, I want to do it". Well, I learned over the years that is exactly what she did want. She does do it, and she is very good at it.

So, I think what you need is to get out in the world and "do it" too. Asking if you are smart just by your desire to sit and learn in school, isn't being fair to yourself. You probably have spent enough time in learning/education, it's time to go out in the world and do the other learning and that learning is by actually "doing".