Maybe tangential. I learned English specifically to read electronic programming manuals and references (mostly txt’s and ng’s, infinite respect to Ralf Brown a

Maybe tangential. I learned English specifically to read electronic programming manuals and references (mostly txt’s and ng’s, infinite respect to Ralf Brown and co). My school only taught German, so I just took a thick dictionary and started translating, word by word, all the files I had. Here I am now, never learned it at any official institution. Discovered most rules and idioms naturally much later and only maybe 10 years ago began to understand songs and speech in general (youtube helped immensely). Was it worth it? It defined the course of my life.