But doesn't your global liberal democratic society want you to be trained and proficient in productive tasks which might only appear boring through a superficial lens or perspective? Or is this world's education entirely motivated by the selfish desire for pleasure and leisure? Rather than being founded to serve hard work ethic principles and effective programs that maybe can help build decent societies?
And intelligence is just as much about identifying and applying effort towards useful goals - your "if you're so smart" is anything but.