5 sentences

Hello

1. My early education came courtesy of St. Andrew's school, five minutes walk from my house.

--- "Came courtesy" does it mean "thanks to". I received my education thanks to St. Andrew's.....???

2. I'd been hanging out with some of the tough kids in my area, but there was a whole new level of tough to be negotiated in the big school.

--- Does it mean that there were completely different hooligans in the school and the author had to be prepared to deal with them?

3. I think he was a little disappointed that I wasn't academically-minded and wasn't arsed about sport.

--- Does it mean that he wasn't crazy about sports?

4. He was one of those really bright, smart kids who came from ver little.

--- I think it mean they were very poor.

5. They had spent a fortune on piano lessons, so they said if I wanted to learn how to play the drums I had to finance it myself. So I did. It was nine pounds a term.

---I know there are terms at school, but in this case I'm not sure if it means the same.