“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
-Carl Sagan
No homework, no test, and no grades are bold promises that The Great Course Company makes to life-long learners. Learning is an activity that the Great Course customer can enjoy while you are walking, exercising, commuting, or sitting in your comfy chair at home. It is that easy. Founded by Tom Rollins, a Harvard Law student who enjoyed the power of a good lecture on his VCR, the company now is run by CEO Paul Suijk.
The company states “After more than 25 years and 19 million courses taken, The Great Courses still adheres to the strict principles on which the company was founded, supporting every course with a 100% Lifetime Satisfaction Guarantee. The lectures are given by the best of the best. Of the more than 500,000 college professors in the world, only the top 1% are selected to teach one of The Great Courses. Our esteemed faculty includes award-winning experts and professors from the most respected institutions in the world, selected by our customers exclusively for their ability to teach.”
With significant personal experience, the Wildcatters Network will attest that the courses download into your computer and transfer easily to you phone, making your courses convenient and readily available. Hassle free technology is a huge plus for the Wildcatter who is always in full learning mode. DVD, video download, audio CD, audio downloads are all available from their website. The help number is very effective on questions regarding course transcripts, with the questions quickly answered without any hold time.
The courses offered range from better living to literature and languages. Some of the Wildcatters Network favorites are Mr. Lincoln: The Life of Abraham Lincoln; A History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev; Ancient Egypt; and The 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works. Note to self: as a young and emerging piano prodigy, stay away from prostitutes with syphilis. Just some of the interesting facts you pick up as a lifelong learner.
Some additional topics to consider that are offered by The Great Courses: Origins of the Human Mind; The Everyday Guide to California Wines; Mathematics; Philosophy, and the “Real World”; Building a Better Vocabulary; Famous Greeks; Our Night Sky; How to Read and Understand Shakespeare, and countless others. Enjoy!!
“All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing and not moving toward excellence.”
-Denis Waitley