Been there, did that, FRiend.
Education begins with the will of the Individual to utilize what's available to them. Knock and the door will be opened; ask and you will receive.
Need Free programming tools to learn a new trade?
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-csharp-express
And these low cost little gadgets...
...just waiting for industry and imagination to put them to use.
Individuals increasingly have access to tools with which to facilitate their own education; and with that, comes the ability to escape the tyranny of those who would keep them ignorant and enslaved via the tyranny of their own appetite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfR9nDsvBk8&
Got Aquaponics?
Amazing what you can do with those little Arduino’s.