It was better when?

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Moderator: Mike Ash
Registration Fee: $25
Time: 5 week starting at 2:00 PM on October 29th, 2018
Location: Huron Shores United Church, 25 Main St., Grand Bend
Notes: Traditional peer learning participation expected
How many times have you heard someone of our generation say “I’m so glad to have lived in the best of times, because the future doesn’t look so good.” We look back on our formative years with great nostalgia and fond memories, but was it better? I It must have been better, gas was only $0.37 cents a gallon! Let’s look objectively at aspects of life then, now and going for-ward, and try to get the real story. Perhaps the next generation will also see “the best of times”.

Possible Topics

The cost of things
Education
Standard of living
Personal safety and security
Job opportunities
The quality of work life
Personal growth and development
Health care
Communication
Transportation
Leisure and recreation
Work / life balance
Your personal experiences
The nature & relationships within families
Societal & political structures
Technology		 Aspirational vision and goals
Spirituality
The advancement of the common good
The United Nations
International relations
Ethics and truth
The role of science
Human rights
Prejudice
Gender equality
Mental health & emotional well being
The nature of society
The urban / rural divide
The polarization of society
The changing goals of each generation