Indeed Hooke was fortunate to come under the influence of Busby who was an outstanding teacher who quickly realised that he had a quite remarkable pupil. Hooke had mastered the first six books of Euclid's Elements by the end of his first week at school but Busby seemed to understand that formal learning was not going to be best for Hooke and so encouraged him to study by himself in his library:
Sa katunayan Hooke ay masaya na dumating sa ilalim ng impluwensiya ng Busby na noon ay isang natitirang guro na mabilis na realised na niya ng isang lubos na pansin na mag-aaral. Hooke had mastered ang unang anim na mga libro ng Euclid's Sangkap ng dulo ng kanyang unang linggo sa paaralan ngunit Busby seemed na maunawaan na ang pormal na pag-aaral ay hindi pagpunta sa maging pinakamahusay na para sa Hooke at kaya't hinihikayat siya sa pag-aaral sa pamamagitan ng kanyang sarili sa kanyang aklatan: