Name: Anonymous 2008-08-25 16:42
If you're a self-taught person, such as myself, you don't need a teacher.
1) When you teach yourself how to do things you have a stronger grasp of what you're trying to learn. Home schooled kids on average tend to be a lot smarter than normal kids.
2) If you're a self-teacher you don't have to worry about getting stuck with a dumb professor.
If you study at home you save a lot of time.
1) You don't have to waste time traveling from class to class.
2) You don't have to waste your time with futile things like socializing and hygiene.
3) With all the extra time you can either get a part time job and start paying off your college loan (while still in college) or you can use the extra time to put in some extra studying.
tl;dr I'm sure I speak for everyone here, when I say google is the only teacher an Anon needs. Let's face it, SICP is harder than 98% of all colleges.
1) When you teach yourself how to do things you have a stronger grasp of what you're trying to learn. Home schooled kids on average tend to be a lot smarter than normal kids.
2) If you're a self-teacher you don't have to worry about getting stuck with a dumb professor.
If you study at home you save a lot of time.
1) You don't have to waste time traveling from class to class.
2) You don't have to waste your time with futile things like socializing and hygiene.
3) With all the extra time you can either get a part time job and start paying off your college loan (while still in college) or you can use the extra time to put in some extra studying.
tl;dr I'm sure I speak for everyone here, when I say google is the only teacher an Anon needs. Let's face it, SICP is harder than 98% of all colleges.