I'm glad you thought it was funny, but it is also true.

In HS we were required to take art courses and try as I might I really sucked at most of it (apart from lithography if I could trace a photo and use that as my image). When a photography course showed up as something I could choose to get my art requirements taken care of I jumped at it. Luckily mom & dad were willing to fork out for the 35mm camera that was necessary as the school didn't have any for students to use. It was the first art class in which the teacher didn't have to give me a pity passing grade.