An inspiring story, although I feel like it supports my point. My parent was basically stipulating that college is a waste of time for the gifted, but from the sound of Faraday's story he spent a lot of time on a sort of a "college track" of learning & lectures, even though he wasn't enrolled.

It's a great story of tenacity, but it reads more like "determined underdog gets a foot in the door and proves his worth the hard way" than "gifted magnate skips apprenticeship, becomes master"

Thanks for sharing it though :)