I was unschooled after sixth grade.
I'm very unschooled.
my only education is the appalachias themselves
I am a fully rounded human being, with a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, and three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the Shit Kicked Out of Me.
School? I've never touched the stuff. I see what it does to people, and I'm way too smart for that.
I've got a Phd in computer science and a number of undergraduate degrees.
I've seen people who couldn't tell you what a comet was who knew more about life than a learn'd man, and seen plenty of way stupid moves from the smartest people I've ever met. Even the most humble have a story to tell.
That said: getting learned up is a fine thing.
I dropped out of high school after skipping it for 3 years.