Sounds like you were self motivated. What about all the other children who have been told over and over that scholastic achievement is only for the weak and th

Sounds like you were self motivated. What about all the other children who have been told over and over that scholastic achievement is only for the weak and those whose early years were spent gazing vacantly at television. A teacher's job is not merely to recite the material but also to somehow make the student receptive to it.