Word: self-taught
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...Orchid, published shortly after his death in 1997 at the age of 87, Cousteau summed up his long career with a powerful denunciation of ocean pollution, nuclear energy and overfishing. Though some ecologists lamented his late-blooming commitment to their cause, and professional scientists questioned the credentials of this self-taught oceanographer, their carping paled next to Cousteau's towering lifetime achievements--crowned by his induction into the prestigious French Academy...
Your report provided a glimpse into the life of budding geniuses, but nobody made these kids better students--they were born that way. Each one is self-motivated and can obviously grasp any task at hand. Each could have been left in a box with a book and would have ended up self-taught. You did, however, confirm my belief that most teachers are only capable of imparting information to ready-made A and B students. Of course, there are a few good teachers, but they cannot overcome the inept system we have. After nine years of watching my dyslexic...
...many years the director of the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. And anyone who looks down his nose at the whole enterprise as a piece of splashy Vegas promotion ought to remember the origins of American museums in the late 19th century, built up from nothing by self-taught meat packers and railroad kings who got good advice, took deep breaths and opened their checkbooks...
...self-taught computer hacker with formal education limited to some work at community colleges in Rhode Island, Trifero allegedly began his illegal activities through the on-line service bbsnet.com...
...When you really find your passion, the best isdemanded of you because your heart is pushing youto do it," he says. "Being self-taught has forcedme to really be free in terms of my expression...