Am I obsessed with school...?

I realize that I am borderline obsessed with school, but let me explain a few things. When I was a kid I hated, loathed, and despised school. Not just one class or one school or one grade... I hated all of it from my earliest memories of arguing with my first grade teacher over the fact that I already knew how to read to the day I finally had enough credits to graduate. If it wasn't for the boys I probably would have quit if I could have. (LOL, like mom would have allowed that)
After I got paroled from the school system that held me captive for 12 years I joined the Air Force and what was the first thing they did to me after I got out of basic training... they sent me to school!!! I was no better at their school than I was for the 12 years before. I have always felt that I was a couple of steps behind everyone else, it all seemed so easy for some and I never quite got it. I could fake my way through some things but eventually it all fell apart and I felt like a failure, I could never understand WHY it was so hard so eventually I just gave up.. I did the minimum I could get away with and sweated out the end of each school year to see if I passed to the next grade.
So after failing at my first shot at school on the Air Force I was given a second chance and was given a job that did not require school. This approach worked so well for me I decided to try to just do life by OJT ( On the Job Training)
Flash forward almost 30 years and I find myself with grown children and in a job that most of the time I love, but I felt I was missing something, call it empty nest syndrome but my kids both still live at home. What I had was empty mind syndrome, I had done the OJT in learning my present job, I think I have done fairly well despite only having a high school diploma that means very little to me. I think our school system tried to teach me but I was so far behind once I got into high school that the efforts were wasted. So I decided I needed to fill my evenings with something besides video games and online chat. My youngest was doing online school and explained to me how it all worked. SO I worked up the courage and sent a request for more information and then talked to the enrollment counselor, and then I started classes. I was fully prepared to fail, just one more thing in a long list in my life I have failed at, but it was not as hard as I thought it was going to be. I not only “Got” what was being taught but because of the life OJT I had personal experiences I could share. When I finished my first two classes and I got A’s in both classes I cannot explain the feeling of achievement and pride I felt. I never ever expected to do well in these classes. I figured I would skim through the skin of my teeth as I always have. But I LOVE it… my brain has to work at it, I have to think, and when that little light bulb goes off in my head and I figure out what the instructor is talking about and everything clicks in place I am thrilled.. for the first time in my life I get it. I am learning… and it is an amazing feeling. So yes I am a bit obsessed about my education now… isn’t it about time?