{"id":2049,"date":"2011-08-01T09:22:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2011-08-01T09:22:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T16:22:48","slug":"never-ending-learning-with-the-teaching-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wkiri.com\/today\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"Never-ending learning with the Teaching Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every since I discovered The Teaching Company’s<\/a> excellent lecture courses, I’ve been a fan. Apparently, Orson Scott Card is too. He wrote an article about how great the Great Courses are<\/a> (scroll down about 3\/4 of the way). I know just what he means when he writes:<\/p>\n

“Why am I going on about these courses? Because I believe education should never end. I don’t think education is something you “get,” and degrees don’t impress me. […] the truth is I read constantly, and take these course[s], for love. It bothers me when there are things I don’t know or don’t quite understand. I hate it that I only speak a couple of languages. There just hasn’t been time to learn all that I’ve wanted to in my life.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He recommends the following Great Courses professors:<\/p>\n