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I'm trying to learn as many scales as I can so I can go to a teacher and say "this is what I know, show me how to use it".
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This is potentially one of the ways scales get a bad rap. As has been stated, learning a bunch of scales won't neccessarily help you learn to solo.
Take one position of one scale and explore it, learn how to use it, find out where the chord tones are, break it up by playing it in intervals. Just practicing a scale up and down will teach you how to play a scale up and down, that's it.
Use what you are learning to make music right away. Don't think you have to wait until you know a bunch of stuff. Keep it fun. Try to find simple melodies in the scale you are working ( like happy birthday in the major scale). This will help train your ear. And remember it takes time. Enjoy the process.