Heh, yeah, it's easy to learn from the Internet. But I prefer school so that teachers can coach you and teach you the correct order and way to learn the best. But to be honest, there's one site I use a lot as backup for references. It's a really useful site with a lot info.
I'm lucky I didn't have to take Chemistry, in my school Chemistry was optional. I took 3 years of science which was Living Enviroment, Earth Science and Forensics