Wayzata Community Education

Do you have a plan to visit China some day and would like to learn some basic conversational Chinese? Have you ever felt like you’ve studied Chinese for hours and hours but you can’t say a sentence? Chinese is the most spoken language and one in every five people on Earth speaks Chinese. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to communicate with one fifth of the world? Also, China is a leading economic power and becoming more important in today’s business world. Come to learn beginner conversational Chinese in a fun way and modern way! Learn pin-yin, simple words, phrases and sentences. This class teaches Chinese in a non-traditional way – We use multiple smartphone apps and other multi-medias to study the language without any textbooks. You will see the instructor once a week but have fun daily interactions. At the last session of the class, participants can choose to meet at a local restaurant to practice what you learned with native speakers (meal cost is additional) and also receive a memorable souvenir from the instructor as the class keepsake. Participants will get a lot out of the class including cultural and historical facts and knowledge in additional to language.

Join military historian Dan Hartman for tea, coffee and history. This series will focus on history through informative lectures and discussions in an informal setting. Come to all four discussions or choose the topics that interest you.The Holocaust in Europe A genocide in which millions European Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and the World War II collaborators. Tuesday, September 18French Revolution and the Reign of Terror The French Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond. Tuesday, October 16Reconstruction in the South The term Reconstruction Era covers the history of the country from 1865 to 1877 following the American Civil War. This discussion will focus on the attempted transformation of the southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Congress. Tuesday, November 20The Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. Tuesday, December 18

Join us for a FREE class on the eight U.S. Presidents who died in office; four from illness and four by assassination.  We will examine medical histories contributing to the final illnesses and the medical care provided for those illnesses and assassination attempts.