When you like me have learned yourself, on the fly so to say, then the language often throw a curve ball at you, and of course grammar i will never get a firm grip on, not even Danish grammar.
Some times i do wonder what would have happened if the teachers in school had reacted to my brains aparent taste for languages, but as it is in English class i spent most of my time outside the classroom or at the principals office.
German class was another thing, there i was in class but just allowed to read my unrelated books and comics, even if it was also my class teacher that handled the German classes.
As i remember we got German language from the 8 grade, but by then it was apparent to everyone that school and tall skinny Brian was not a good combination.
Still after that i have managed again and again to prove them all wrong, the the kids in my class hitting the bottom, well i was not one of them.
i did not even do mediocre as i was pegged to be, have done nothing but work and educate ( non academic ) myself all my life, on the other hand the boy in class with the best grades that did also go on to higher academic educations, well he ended up as a garbage man,,,, if that's not mediocre i don't know.
Funny thing, most Danes speak a OK English now ( use to be German in the old days ) but when it come to TV or movies most seem to insist on Danish subtitles,,,,,, which i find annoying as hell, not least when the translation are not even close.