Maybe, or maybe some kids just don't appear to care about being bored as much.
I think my teachers and parents would have said that I wasn't bored, when I really was. (And I don't remember anyone ever asking me if I was bored. We don't ask kids that question, do we?!) I just "acted out" in socially acceptable ways that made authority figures feel good about themselves and about me, whereas my DH and DS act/ed out in ways that led to frustrated and/or annoyed authority figures.
I don't know that I was any less bored than DH and DS were (well, maybe DS was more bored, having seen his class in action...); I just didn't act in ways that demanded action.
