This course offers a taste of a variety of topics presented by different LLI instructors over seven weeks. This semester includes:
Feb. 17 Personality Types (Nick Grant, instructor) How your positive personality style affects your communication, problem-solving, conflict and change management, and how persons of opposite styles can become a great resource. There will be a $1 fee for handouts.
Feb 26 Genealogy Today (Phyllis Zumwalt, instructor) Recent improve-ments to genealogy research websites. Also tips for using Ancestry, FamilySearch updates for full-Text Search, Find-A-Grave and more.
Mar. 5 Broad Comedy on the Plains of La Mancha: Don Quixote 1605 (David Wise, instructor) Don Quixote was an instant hit in Spain when it appeared in 1605. Why? Because it was hilariously funny. How so? Here’s a broad hint — pull out your DVD of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and view it again.
Mar. 12 Foundations of Investing and Texas in Retirement (Chris Cybulski, instructor) The five foundational principles of investing, why and when people invest, and taxes in retirement. Also key tax tables, how Medicare costs affect taxable income, and cutting your taxes.
Mar. 19 Common Medicare Misconceptions (Cassie Walden, instructor)A review of the basics of Medicare, looking at top misconceptions to avoid penalties and out-of-pocket costs.
Mar. 26 Civil Rights in Texas (Jim Harrington, instructor) An overview historically of the advancement (or none) of civil rights in the Lone Star State and a discussion of where Texans are today in human rights terms.
April 2 Ethical Dilemmas: When Two Right Decisions Collide (Mary Jane Burson, instructor) The basics of how to analyze moral development, ethical judgments, and ethical dilemmas. Learn how an understanding of your own biases, values, and attitudes impact your perspective.
Join us to explore these important topics and meet some fine presenters. Limit 30.
Bronwyn Bowen and Gail Chavez, Coordinators
1:00—3:00 P.M. Thursday, Starts Feb. 19
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Rm B18/19
8134 Mesa Drive (78759)