WHAT OUR PARTICIPANTS SAY!

 I reviewed my notes, and made a list of all the courses I've taken with you; Frederick was #25.  My first was Martin Luther in 2022 (there may have been an earlier one), and I had 5 with you in OLLI, and then 20 on your platform.  I'm a copious note taker, because I learned long ago that helps me to learn.  I didn't count the pages of notes I have on your courses, but it must be 350-400.  I simply think you're the best.  Given my own significant experience of over five decades in the university, I think I can discern a thing or two about good teachers, and the not-so-good.  And I think you're the best!  I can tell you're at the top of your game, and I know from my own experience how long it takes to develop some of the amazing knowledge you have, such as the lineages of the royals down to the cousins and once-removed ne're-do-wells.  You amaze me with your incredible ability to organize a 90 minute presentation, and cover what you can cover in four classes.  Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us, I think I paid over $1,500, but truth-be-told I would have paid much more.  I'm especially impressed with your ability at painting the "Big Picture," linking what is going on in one part of the world with what is happening on the other side of the earth.  I have even recognized some of the shortcomings of my own teaching in Justice Studies at ASU for 40 years.  

That last class on Frederick was amazing, I took 7 pages of notes.  And then today, on Madison's war, I matched that with another 7 pages!

Thanks again,

John M. Johnson