Why do people at school think I'm not very smart when I get A's in every class? I don't really raise my hand a lot in class...... maybe that's why? I also am kind of quiet around some people but I don't act d/umb and whenever I do speak to some of those people, it's always intelligent. I'm the new kid, and at my old school, I was always called smart..... so why do they call me du/mb?