You sound like you're resigned to learning rather than enthused. How old are you ? (although that's rhetorical) I'm 45 and I still read a textbook a month.
There does come a time when young that you can say "finally, no more education!"
What I have found when revisiting topics is that my life experience contributes into the subject for me rather than merely being a set of facts & analogies from someone else.
I only recently read The Annotated Turing by Petzold, that was the kind of eye opener that would have looked far to dry a subject to me years ago. Time has given me the ability to peek through Turing's eyes and imagine the sociological and pedagogical environment he was operating in which really adds to the material.
Ah, I didn't intend to come off that way. In fact, I've only been out of school for a year now. What I was really getting at was that while in school, it's easy to allocate time to learning, since enrolling in a course effectively locks you into a schedule. That, and you have the benefit of having peers and teachers with whom you can discuss any thoughts or questions that come up.
As far as mathematics go, I took the bare minimum classes that were required for a CS degree: Calc 1 & 2, Linear Algebra, & Discrete Mathematics/Structures. Of course, I can go through text books and online courses on my own at this point, but dedicating regular time for this seems to be the hardest part.
Ah but the beauty is that you can read for pleasure knowing that you won't have an exam at the end and trying to work out what your professor thinks is important.
If you want to enjoy linear algebra without the pressure of doing any, I can heartily recommend MIT's open coursewear videos featruring Gilbert Strang
There does come a time when young that you can say "finally, no more education!"
What I have found when revisiting topics is that my life experience contributes into the subject for me rather than merely being a set of facts & analogies from someone else.
I only recently read The Annotated Turing by Petzold, that was the kind of eye opener that would have looked far to dry a subject to me years ago. Time has given me the ability to peek through Turing's eyes and imagine the sociological and pedagogical environment he was operating in which really adds to the material.