CLASS 1.   INTRODUCTION: SYLLABUS AND GROUND RULES

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WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Introduction and Chapter 1, Working on Life. Also, from Chapter9, Using Responsible Language: Pages 121-133, sections on "I-language," "You (don't) make me," "I have to," and "I can't".

CLASS 2.    SETTING UP THE GAME, BECOMING PLAYERS 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 2, Examining Life Games; Chapter 3, Recognizing Your Style of Play; Chapter 4, Becoming a 100% Player 

CLASS 3.    BACKGROUND OF COURSE: INTEGRITY, ESSENTIALS OF RELATIONSHIP: #1, EQUIPMENT: RULE OF GAMES 

FROMM: pp. vii – 6: Forward and I. Is Love an Art? 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 5, Exposing Your Saboteur; Chapter 6, Understanding Life's Basic Operating Principle 

CLASS 4.    SENIOR DISTINCTION, ASKING AND SAYING “NO” 

FROMM: pp. 7 – 35: II. The Theory of Love, 1.  love , the answer to the problem of existence 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 11, Asking for What You Want; Chapter 12, Saying “No” Happily 

CLASS 5.    CHOICE AND RESPONSIBILITY 

FROMM: pp. 35 – 57:  II. The Theory of Love, 2.  love between parent and child, 3.  the objects of love,  a. brotherly love, b. motherly love, c. erotic love, d. self-love 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 7, Discovering Your Choices; Chapter 8, Taking Responsibility for Your Life; Chapter 9, Using Responsible Language 

CLASS 6.    COMMUNICATION 

FROMM: pp. 57 – 74: II. The Theory of Love, 3.  the objects of love, e. love of god 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 15, Releasing Emotions; Chapter 16, Communicating Effectively 

CLASS 7.    HALF TIME PREPARATION 

FROMM: pp. 75 – 96: III. Love and Its Disintegration in Contemporary Western Society 

CLASS 8.   HALF TIME (ABSENCES COUNT DOUBLE) 

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CLASS 9.   AFTER HALF TIME 

FROMM: pp. 97 – 120: IV. The Practice of Love 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 10, Setting Goals 

CLASS 10.    ESSENTIALS OF RELATIONSHIP: #2

FROMM: pp. 121 – 131: Ruth Nanda Anshen’s Epilogue, etc. 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 14, Avoiding Negos 

CLASS 11.    ESSENTIALS OF RELATIONSHIP: #3 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 18, Making Agreements that Work 

CLASS 12.    FORGIVENESS 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 17, Taking Care of Unfinished Business 

CLASS 13.    WHAT IS LOVE? 

WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Appendix D, “Love or Luv?”

CLASS 14.   FULL TIME (ABSENCES COUNT DOUBLE)

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WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 13, Acknowledging Yourself and Others

CLASS 15.   LAST CLASS

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WILLIAMS & LEVINE: Chapter 19, Conclusion