This is actually one of the reasons why I and a lot like me advocate not going to school. There aren't enough non-judging peer groups focused on learning. The o

This is actually one of the reasons why I and a lot like me advocate not going to school. There aren't enough non-judging peer groups focused on learning. The ones I've tried looked into tend to avoid the uneducated cranks. Having this sort of network will allow those who can't afford it and large sets of immigrants to have access to information they wouldn't normally have. I come from a largely hispanic area where many of those undocumented recently got the chance to get jobs, but they're still not able to get state assisted education and can't go to higher education. You'd be surprised how many professors you can talk to. I've had some very, very interesting conversations with professors over email, in person and over the phone. All it took was reaching out. A lot of them don't mind talking so long as you show genuine interest and have enough background to back yourself up.