I always had to study "sideways" I love to read and most of my life have read 5+ books a week but the minute someone else tells me what to read, guess what? LOL So, to study I had to take my interests in a subject and do my own exploring/studying, learn what interested me, etc. Any proper book on a subject is going to cover what they are teaching in school and reading several such books, well, I'll learn what the school wants but in my own way.