In other words, the system is tailored for good 'students', not great learners. Autodidacts are viewed as social misfits who do not like working with others. I

In other words, the system is tailored for good 'students', not great learners. Autodidacts are viewed as social misfits who do not like working with others. I can attest that this generalization is not true as far as I am concerned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidact http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidact