That being said, I was not sure if it was my rebellious nature or something else, I decided to ignore my teachers. In fact I am thankful that I ignored my teachers

Oh, I rebelled against so many teachers. lol! I love this post. Following your heart and valuing experience over bending to authority is so important. Sounds like you did better things with your time than I did when skipping class, but I'm still glad I did it. I learned to trust myself, to take risks and make my own decisions. To not believe everything I was sold, and to stick up for my beliefs. Yep, I was trouble. ;)