About Me

Micki started online late in '93 while she was trying to get ferrets (think Kindergarden Cop or Beastmaster) legalized in the State of Michigan. After an arduous 8 years she, along with a huge group of ferret supporters were finally successful in 1994. "By then I was hooked on working online and had several different free websites to play with".

In 1999 I discovered I could take classes online in subjects that interested me. I took a couple then applied to do a class which was rejected by the online school. I decided I would build my own school. It wasn't easy and....

It took two years, but finally Eclectic Academy went live.

I'm still excited about it because there are so many great and dedicated instructors providing some wonderful classes for a really reasonable price.

In fact, I will be adding more lenses to highlight some of the instructors and their classes.

Online Classes...A Great Resource

Over six years ago I wanted to "Pay it forward" by offering to teach a subject I was qualified in at an online school. Ultimately the class was rejected (which was fine but I was upset with the way it was rejected). I was convince...