I enjoyed primary school. I was always scoring the highest marks in all subjects. Not bad for a kid who had English as a second language (Dutch was my native language). I was considered the "brainbox" and a group of us "brainboxes" hung around together as probably the first "nerds".

BTW: I memorised the poem "IF" and it still guides my life today.

"If you can hold your head when all about you are losing theirs ..."