Autodidact

Autodidact: Self-taught. Autodidact shares its etymology with automobile, automatic, auto-erotic, autocrat, and, of course, didactic.

I became an autodidact at eight years old, when I realized that my teachers were not going to be able to teach me.

A self-proclaimed autodidact, he is essentially been a home schooled student in a school setting.

A Book for Today: Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz ***