Third Saturday Seminars 2019-20
To refer to a faux* ancient Chinese saying, “Our world is in interesting times”
and individual citizens are assaulted with a blinding array of propaganda from every conceivable source.
The Third Saturday Seminar is about demystification of what is going on around us.
Time will also be spent on current events.
Not only is our world interesting in the Chinese sense, but We the People of the world, like Rip van Winkle, are waking up after a long siesta. Obviously, the new instant media technology is one of the major factors in bringing this about. Not only do they recognize the injustice of their own situation, but they see there are many in the same boat and they also see that there are other places on the planet where people live much better lives.
*When the origin of the “Chinese saying” was researched, It soon became apparent there is no ancient Chinese saying or curse that translates into, “Our world is in interesting times” or “May you live in interesting times” However, probably you and I both feel our current times are “interesting” (to say the least) whether the Chinese ever said it or not. GCG
Come, join the discussion! Let’s see if there is hope!
| TSS – Fall Semester | |
| Session 1 Immigration Update | September 21, 2019 |
| Session 2 Rebuilding Ukranian Law Enforcement | October 20, 2019 |
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Session 3 – To See and Hear What is Real Enrichment – Russian Relations |
November 16, 2019 |
| No Session (Holidays) | December 2019 |
| TSS – Spring Semester | |
| Session 4 – Iran and the United States of America | January 18, 2020 |
| Session 5 – How Democracies Die | February 15, 2020 |
| Session 6 | March 2020 |
| Session 7 | April 2020 |
| Session 8 | May 2020 |
| Session 9 | June 2020 |
Session Themes or Issues are developed as the year progresses.
This grid is to facilitate access to current meeting notices and previous session material. See course description below for course details.
Previous Sessions
The Seminar normally meets once a month on the Third Saturday from September to November and February to May.
Third Saturday Seminars – Fall 2018 Sessions
To refer to an “ancient Chinese” saying, “Our world is in interesting times” and individual citizens are assaulted with a blinding array of propaganda from every conceivable source. The Third Saturday Seminar is about demystification of what is going on around us. Time will also be spent on current events.
Meets on Montgomery Campus 9/15, 10/20,11/17,
16937 SA 9/15-11/17 9:30AM – Noon B 102
LSC-Montgomery
3200 College Park Drive, Conroe, TX 77384
Membership in the seminar is through the LSC Montgomery Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL) program (936.273.7446). The ALL program membership is $35 and allows you to participate in TSS and most of the other excellent ALL Activities at no additional cost (except for materials) for the entire year.
This is the seventeenth session of the Third Saturday Seminar (TSS). We start every session talking a lot about current world events before the main issue.
Normally the meeting is held on the Third Saturday from 09:30am – Noon in Room B-102.
However, please check the schedule as conflicts sometimes require the room and the date to be changed.
We will be pleased to send you an e-mail the week of the session which will remind you of the meeting and usually give you links to the material to be covered. To be added to this list: gcgconsult (at) n-star.com
This is our original premise:
The International world used to be able to distinguish Good Guys from Bad Guys. That is a now very complex problem.
The individual citizen is assaulted with a blinding array of propaganda from every conceivable source. Religious, commercial, political. We have every reason to be concerned with social, political, health, educational, commercial, international, local etc. issues.
To this observer there are almost no easy answers. We are presented competing ideas in just about any venue. The improved flow of information has made it more difficult to ignore the shortfalls of all our institutions and that promises are rarely are fulfilled.
Most of us feel overwhelmed by our mega-governments and mega-companies. The “flow” is just carrying us along at a fast speed, and sometimes it is difficult to feel that we have much to say even about things which very closely affect our lives.
The Third Saturday Seminar is about empowerment of the individual. We hope to help the individual to discover strategies to help deal effectively in this and the future world through a combination of acquisition of knowledge and deciding what, if anything to do with it or about it.
We learn from each other as well as many other sources. The participant is the only arbiter of their own “right answers.”
Come, join the discussion! Let’s see if there is hope!
Curt Gibby, Spring, Texas
Director