Newsflash: Everyone is as "self-driven" as your typical Golden CS Boy who is going to be next #1 at sucking up to VC's.
And I'll tell you what drives most of those types of people: feelings of inadequacy and insecurity and needing someone to compare against to feel better about himself (i.e., subhuman).
Anyways, going back to the main point, people are very obviously and palpably "self-driven." Otherwise they would just sit there like a robot, and you'd have to give them commands in some kind of neuro assembly language lol.
They are just driven in different directions than you prefer, and it's your job as a fucking teacher to find what these directions are and SHOW them gaps in their thinking and how they can get better.
Of course, you aren't actually interested in this; you just want a choir of more wretched subhumans to preach to.
Broadly speaking, it's sad and funny that nearly 80% of professors I've seen don't do it because they like the subject, it's more because they like the status and want to look down on more people.
In fact, it's only like 20% of professors I've encountered who continually renew my faith and sense of curiosity in the subject, and always introduce me to new realms of the field where I can improve my understanding.
One day people will find out they don't have to pay tuition to be belittled by subhuman idiots presiding in what is in most cases, in the final analysis, make-work positions, and just read HN or proggit for however much internet access costs :)