W. is a great source of knowledge on accounting. There is financial accounting, management accounting, and alternative decision cases. In each case one sees that it's possible to learn a subject on one's own, but the missing link is the lecture provided by the teacher, or the tutorials, but more importantly the study groups that effectively help students to tackle the material and (ultimately) do well on a test.

On another random thought: one can definitely learn to 'copy' others, but the end result if short of originality. Shine through.

One cannot have self-confidence without being successful and up to par with what one can do.

Good night.