Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN13: 9780751529814
Read from January 10, 2014 to February 3, 2014
borrowed
My rating: ★★★★☆

This is the first Mitch Albom book that I have read. The book revolves around the last days of Morrie Schwartz, a real-life professor of the author, who suffered from ALS. Mitch Albom is a former student of Morrie in Brandeis University, and Mitch really respected the man and even had the chance to become close to him. However, Mitch Albom failed to correspond with his favorite teacher after graduation (even he promised to keep in touch) because he became so busy with his life and career. Fast forward several years later when Mitch Albom learned that his professor is dying, and he decided to seize the opportunity to be with his favorite teacher in his last days in the world.

Mitch and Morrie, claiming they were "Tuesday people" spent each Tuesday of the week talking about wide array of topics including love, money, marriage, culture, happiness, communication, acceptance, openness, and values. Morrie emphasizes the culture and society that we are living in is so wrapped up in chasing after money, avoiding death, nurturing anger and hatred, that they fail to see the things that truly matters in life.

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I really think Morrie is such an amazing and wonderful person. He is the kind of individual who refuse to be influenced by the popular culture filled with emptiness, depression, discontentment, anger, and violence. I am more amazed of him as a teacher, because he is really an embodiment that teachers could affect and influence lives. He is the kind of person who truly lives by the example of his life. As a future teacher, I wish to be like him someday--someone who is well-loved by students and other people because of the positive impact made in their lives.

One of my favorite quotes, which was found at the end of the book:

"Have you really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, you will always find your way back."

Originally posted here.