Oh, I don't think they were silly at all! There may have been certain lessons that didn't seem particularly useful, but overall, I like to think they helped me become a bit stronger than I used to be...

[Stronger being a relative term, here. In his eyes, he's still rather wimpy -- and not just physically.]

...although all things considered, I may have not been a very good student. "A bit" still isn't very much, I'm afraid.