call me stupid or whatever you want, but I here is what I think:

Do what you want, be what you want, live how you would like to live and die how you want to die.

It doesn't matter how you learn or who you learn from. What matters is that you do what makes you happy. When it comes to my computer knowledge I am completely self taught and currently hold a system administration position making 65k+ a year. I tried taking classes when I was in high school but was removed from the class and prevented from joining any future classes because I made the teachers look bad. I finished high school with a b average and have been doing tech work ever since.

so like i said, call me stupid or whatever you would like but live life how you want and be happy!