Q: why would teaching yourself the piano be easier/better than getting a teacher? isn't the point of a teacher to teach you?
A: for me, it was not a problem. all the notes are right there in order, and once i started trying them it was easy to get enthralled very quickly at the different things that start happening between them.  any time i have tried to work with a teacher there has just been no understanding between the two of us as to what this experience is all about.