Alien Virtual:  I had to bring myself up since I was _ 12 _ . Who needs to be corrupted by the education system ? I 've tried many schools , private ones , was heavily into Steiner schooling for a bit but in the end I needed my own education . Yes I 've crawled back to the education system back in the nineties but it was merely in order to receive a " title " -degree- more than anything else . Reading is good but it 's hard to make choices : plenty of bad read about . The human being needs to make his / her / it own choices and learn accordingly . The education system nowadays is nothing but an expensive and dodgy cult . Trust me : I 'm an expert on religions .