I had both experiences in high school. One situation -> bad result. The other I was made a quasi IT fixer - they put me to work (Novel Netware and other stuff). I would be called out of class to fix things. Since I was naturally super interested in how everything worked together and all the features and the librarians or VP or teachers were not it worked out. At the time I took it reasonably seriously.
In hindsight some teacher must have spoken up for me to come up with the solution when they were trying to come up with an appropriate response.
In hindsight some teacher must have spoken up for me to come up with the solution when they were trying to come up with an appropriate response.