That is practically just like me.
I guess my mind was geared more to learning and retention that others my age, since I was raised alone by my grandfather out in a rural setting with bad TV reception..................
I was raised without a TV as well.
But lots and lots of books. My mom used to go to the used stores and buy every children's and non-fiction book she could find. We might have been poor but we were going to be educated if she had anything to say about it.