I also experienced a lot of this. I had a hard time paying attention in class, at least after Kindergarten anyway where I was punished a lot because I really had no idea how to play with kids my own age and I was used to having to fight to keep any toy I was playing with. That didn't go over well and my most frequent memory of Kindergarten was being put over the teachers knee and being spanked while my classmates counted how many spanks I got. By first grade I had no spirit left. Just stared out the window or at the floor or my desk.