"PS: pardon any spelling or grammar errors on my part, I never payed attention in English class."

I barely went to school and could barely spell when I finished school at 16. (That's the school leaving age here in the UK, well, it used to be, but now they've changed it)

I taught myself English skills just by using the internet and forums and such, funnily enough.

I know an Italian girl who taught herself English, mostly by playing Final Fantasy games. xD