Buccaneer scholars
James Marcus Bach is a high school dropout who wrote an interesting book on education, Secrets of a Buccaneer Scholar. Here is an interview with the author. Bach is passionate about education, but sees schools as optional at best and harmful at worst. He is a well-educated man with no educational credentials.
Bach attributes his success in part to his lack of credentials. Because he had no degree, he assumed he had a lot to learn. Most of his degreed colleagues felt they were done with their education.
(Incidentally, James Bach may be related to Johann Sebastian Bach. James Bach’s father is the author Richard Bach. According to Wikipedia, Richard Bach claims to be a descendant of the great musician.)
