And there is no reason at all Anakin should not have been a normal Jedi, if his teaching had been done right.
Yoda and the council may have been right in their first decision not to train Anakin. He's too old, his future is clouded, he has much fear in him. Three big strikes against him. And we don't know this, but I think the council changed its mind because of Anakin's power. Would it be better for Anakin to be trained as a Jedi? Or not trained, and therefore cut loose and be a regular joe, (and then perhaps the Sith would find him). Once Anakin destroyed the droid control ship in Ep I, everybody knew about him, including Sith Lord Palpatine. So after the Battle for Naboo, the council made the right decision to train him rather than cutting him loose.
Now hindsight is 20/20, but perhaps the council's error lies in not taking Anakin to be trained immediatly upon Qui-Gon's request. (Then Anakin wouldn't have gone to Naboo and the perhaps the separtists would have won the battle.) But since the council's own guidelines and trusted knowledge said it would not be a good idea, indeed turning down Qui-Gon was the best choice at the time.
It also was perhaps the best choice at the time for Anakin to become Obi-Wan's padawan, but again 20/20 hindsight says it was a failure. Maybe Obi-Wan was too young to have a padawan, as Anakin was too old to be one. But as "the chosen one," shouldn't Anakin have had the best training possible, i.e. as Yoda's apprentice?
As much as Obi-Wan says he failed, "Chose this, young Skywalker did," Yoda said in the book. Anakin failed by keeping attachments and failing to come clean. Anakin wanted to have great power, (helped by Palpatine's poisoning), and keep his wife. When Padme asks him "Do you think Obi-Wan can help us?" Anakin said no. That was a huge turning point for Anakin. I have the highest regard for Obi-Wan that he would have done anything to help Anakin, if he would only explain his situation. A pregnant wife is something that can't be hidden for long.
Yes, I was thinking the exact same thing. It is almost as he has set himself apart from both sides. Remember he is no ordinary Jedi, he has feelings, real emotions. He is really at this point in the middle. He doesn't trust the jedi as much, but he certainly dislikes the sith ways, until...he learns of Darth Plaugeus