Had you been in a school in Australia, you would have been part of Dr. Howard Gardener's Multiple Intelligences.

http://www.iag-online.org/resources/Thinking-Skills/Six-Thinking-Hats.pdf

You might like to read this.

https://www.verywellmind.com/gardners-theory-of-multiple-intelligences-2795161

I used this in my classes for many years. Not all schools used them, but many did, and students left primary school with the understandings and abilities you regret not having.