Joan Elder
SaddleBrooke Lifelong Learning (formerly known as The Institute for Learning in Retirement, or ILR) has three new instructors with three new classes scheduled for the first session of fall classes.
Dan Kaperski, who has over 50 years’ experience in all aspects of electrical system design, operation, and management, will be teaching International Electric Power. Dan and his wife live in The Preserve, enjoying life in SaddleBrooke. Prior to retirement, Dan served in the Navy, earned numerous graduate degrees including a doctorate, and worked in many capacities in his field.
In Dan’s course you will learn how electricity is generated, transmitted across the nation and the world, and distributed to homes, businesses, and factories. Additionally, what is the role of renewable fuels? What happens when events cause a shutdown of the electrical grid? What happens when nuclear plants have accidents, and much more.
Karen Corrick will be teaching How Scientists Think. Karen, who has lived in SaddleBrooke with her husband since 2009, was trained as a scientist at Duke University. Her chosen specialty was animal behavior and learning, but her career was in the software industry. This course will focus on application of the scientific method to our everyday life and experiences. Science is not pure and can be right or wrong. The cost factor of science affects many aspects of our lives, especially medicine.
Larry Linderman will be teaching Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice in plain English. Larry, who has lived in SaddleBrooke for 22 years, had a romance with Shakespeare plays since high school. Although his degree is in biology and he was a professor of biology at Chicago City Colleges, advanced literature classes qualified him to teach English as well.
The Merchant of Venice is considered a problem play. The original title, The Comedy of the Merchant of Venice, was changed, since the death of one of the principal characters makes it difficult to call it a comedy. Larry will deal in depth with two of the most interesting Shakespeare characters: Portia, a brilliant, beautiful, rich woman who has to overcome anti-female prejudices; and Shylock, a Jewish moneylender who is driven to seek revenge.
Be sure to visit the website (still SBILR.org) after Aug. 18 to see all our classes and to register for the class or classes of your choice!