>>6
Not >>2 here, but I have to say, there's nothing wrong with being self taught. I've been teaching myself for just over a year, and while I may not have learned as much as I would have with a formal teacher, I've still learned quite a bit (for example, >>4 made perfect sense to me, and >>2 looked like a bunch of garbage).

A question regarding >>4 though, how do you know when to use いえ versus うち for 家?