>>Most people don’t have the ability, patience, wherewithal to self study a topic in depth. Yup. Plus, it's best suited for certain types of topics, and even t

>>Most people don’t have the ability, patience, wherewithal to self study a topic in depth. Yup. Plus, it's best suited for certain types of topics, and even then it's tough. My college had one intro-level Logic course in the Philosophy dept that was entirely self-study. Get the books, study, take a series of tests (limit 1/day), each one as many times as you liked until you passed and moved to the next test. Each test bumped you 1/3 grade (e.g., from C to C+), and you could in theory pass the whole course with an A+ in 21 days into the term, especially by studying ahead of the term. Reality was that hardly anyone actually ever did that, and this was a competitive Ivy League school. I took the course, prepped ahead, but still not to what I'd hoped, and it took me much longer than the 21 days to get the A+. It was actually a very good course and method of learning, but perhaps one of the things I learned best is that self-paced learning, especially in a rigorous sense, is far harder than it seems before we try it.