self study is v helpful yes!! try making notes as you learn new things, do practise questions too! and if your teachers at school are willing to help, show them your notes! I know mine were happy to look over my notes and go over stuff I didn't understand!
my school used the Science Focus...
“Rosie’s weekly letter from Melbourne arrived the following day: and those letters always possessed powers of healing… She always seemed able to tell me exactly what I wanted to hear.” (idk my notes say page 128)
^ I guess this shows that Rosie is kind of a remedy ('healing') to the brutal...