Gauss QQC

Quote:
"At the university, Gauss was attracted by philology but repelled by the mathmatics courses, and for a time the direction of his future was uncertain."

Question:
He was repelled by the mathematics course, but he became one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. So... did he think what he was learning in school was lower than his brain capabilities? Like... was the school math lessons too easy for him? Or was it just that they weren't teaching what he was more concerned about at the time?

Thought:
I feel like this book has said the same about every person mentioned so far. EInstein, Leibniz, Gauss, etc. Like... 'he is the greatest mathemitician of all time." I guess in a way, it could be true, sorta. No, I mean they could have all contributed something important to the history of math, but they couldnt all be the most important people of all time. They spent their life on math... focusing, thinking, wondering, trying to figure out, etc. But they couldnt have all been the best. But anyways, Gauss is 'special'. Like that 'Leibniz' guy. I think I'm talking about the right one. Liebniz taught himself Latin at the age of 8. And Gauss discovered the prime number theorem at the age of 14 or 15. That was smart for a little kid. And thinking about that makes me wonder, so apparently these kids were in school. Or maybe they were, but focused only on the math portion. But was an obsession with math passed down through the family. Like was Leibniz and Gauss's family obsessed with math and its theories as well. I feel like figuring out math, or being a mathematician back in those days was lika an honor, was like little kids way of being famous back then. So were these kids thinking about th fact that this was going to make them famous, or were they legitly curious about this math stuff? I don't know. It's just crazy to me. Like what drives them to be good, and try their hardest to figure out math? Curiousity?? And... Hmmm... if so, that's good for them. Smarty arties.