I was never a particularly academic kid - in fact, I was mostly disengaged in school and really didn’t try. I was clever, but I never applied myself. I was too busy being a stupid teenager. As a result, my written English was awful (it’s still not great now, but it’s better).
Dude. I relate to this so much! I failed English class every year of high school and barely graduated. I was a little shithead until I got pretty far into my 20s. And now in my 30s I write for fun.