Re: That's how I got my "Esoteric Ph.D."
 

Hi Gordon!

> Don't you think REMOTE HYPNOSIS would be an
> excellent Correspondence Course? They could
> send samples of their postcards, or
> classified ads, or display ads or
> letters...and we'd grade them and send them
> back.

This would be very valuable to people.... I think it's a great idea!

RH is already written as a "course" already, I guess the only thing that really needs to be done is organizing how to grade the assignments in a systematic way....

> Yes you should. But do a FUN one. What I
> mean is there are a lot of these courses
> that teach what you can't buy at a
> university...now with the advance of
> community and technical colleges, ADULT
> education and FUN places like the Learning
> Annex, there is more opportunity.

> But where can you take a course on, say,
> METAPHYSCIS...well, I took one in the 60's
> from Al Manning.
> What a hoot. By the way, Al was one of the
> most successful INFOPRENEURS before anyone
> knew what that was. He sold his courses for
> over 20 years, and his work is still being
> sold today.

Heheh, Gordon, this kind of stuff would be fun! It'd be great to offer FUN and STIMULATING courses to people!

And at the end, they could get a "Diploma" they can hang on the wall.... :)

> Want to see what a lesson in Metaphysics
> looks like:
> www.metaphysics.com/sample-cover.html Dien,
> combine this with your
> "legitimate" Ph.D in Physics, and
> Man you could rule. HA!

Ummm.... I think they'd probably try to take my Ph.D. back. ;)

Thanks for the links to all the correspondence courses.... I noticed that many of them are health/medicine related. I have no doubt that this is a boom area!

But simple FUN courses would be fantastic too.... :)

> WE ought to give this some more serious
> consideration...I think Chattel 2001 would
> make a nice correspondence course.

I agree!

> Yea. Let's start a school Dien. You get to
> be the Dean. So you are now Dean Dien, OK?

> I'll be the absent minded professor, how's
> that for type casting...he he.

Heheh.... Okay, Dean Dien I think will suit me well. And I must say, from meeting you, you'd make a great professor! :)

> Gor somebody something Alex

> PS. In 7 Steps, when your read the golf
> promotion, you see they have the Heard Golf
> Academy (did you see the golf course when
> you were there?)...it is in a small office
> on the second floor..ha! actually they call
> it the Main Campus of the Heard Golf
> Academy...Jerry Heard actually has a school
> in FL on or near Captiva Island I believe.

Yes, with the Australian College of Journalism, they do ALL they can to make themselves look like a big important center of learning. However, all they offer is correspondence courses.... I wouldn't be surprised if their "main campus" is a tiny office somewhere, kind of like the Heard Golf Academy....

I guess that's one of the powerful things about correspondence courses.... You can start small, and grow from there. :)

- Dien