I was just trying to describe this personality trait I have last night (although saying I’m autodidactic is probably a sure way to look like a total ass). I hav

I was just trying to describe this personality trait I have last night (although saying I’m autodidactic is probably a sure way to look like a total ass). I have taught myself drawing, painting, photography, programming, guitar, cooking, bartending, and a number of other topics to a deep and skillful degree. I grew up poor and neglected from birth to age 7 in a family where no one has a college degree. I learned how to talk from tv as well as a number of other things (i watched public broadcasting incessantly) and in general would just go outside and observe nature and all of its intricacies. When my dad got custody over me he and my stepmom facilitated this trait of mine, giving me all of the books and access to the library, internet, and cable tv that I wanted. Needless to say, I despised school and the authoritarian learning model.