Horribly overrated. The idea is great, but the author doesn't do it justice. Sappy and sentimental; should have been written by a more experienced/skilled literary writer (not a sports columnist). ( )

Kurze Inhaltsangabe
Mitch Albom erfährt, dass sein alter Collegeprofessor Morrie Schwartz an ALS erkrankt ist. Die Krankheit ist sein sicheres Todesurteil. Obwohl Mitch den Professor zu seiner Collegezeit verehrte und seine Nähe suchte, hat er ihn 16 Jahre lang nicht mehr gesehen. Der Beruf, die Karriere, das Rennen im Hamsterrad, all das war wichtiger als eine alte Freundschaft aufrecht zu erhalten. Mit einer Menge schlechtem Gewissen macht Mitch sich auf den Weg, um Morrie am Krankenbett zu besuchen. Erstaunt muss er feststellen, dass Morrie ihm nichts übel nimmt. Im Gegenteil, er schien auf Mitch gewartet zu haben. Mit ihm will er seine letzte Arbeit realisieren. Eine Studie über das Sterben. Mitch ist der Biograf, Morrie der Sterbende. Jeden Dienstag besucht Mitch Morrie. Der kranke Mann erzählt seinem ehemaligen Schüler von der Welt, dem Selbstmitleid, der Reue, dem Tod, den Gefühlen, der Familie, dem Geld, der Ehe, der Kultur, der Vergebung, dem Älterwerden und der Unendlichkeit der Liebe. Im Angesicht des Todes ist Morrie in der Lage all diese Dinge klar und unverklärt zu sehen. Mitch muss mit jeder Sitzung feststellen, wie wenig er eigentlich vom Leben weiß. Er erkennt, dass Morrie in seiner zentralen Aussage recht hat: Nur wer weiß wie man stirbt, der weiß auch wie man lebt. ( )

1. Summary: Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Mitch Albom rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS, Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.
2. Ted Koppel Nightline interview, as mentioned in the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtYyT6Hl3ms
3. Author interview, 25 years of Tuesdays with Morrie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg95u9q5Z3Q
4. Learning objectives and themes: https://www.prestwickhouse.com/blog/post/2020/03/how-to-teach-tuesdays-with-morr...
5. Unit lesson plans and activities: https://donnellydailyapple.com/category/high-school/tuesdays-with-morrie-unit/
6. Lesson plans including discussion prompts: https://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/albom
7. Activity pack: https://www.tpet.com/content/PHSamples/TuesdaysMorrieACTPKs.pdf ( )

Enlightenment

I read this book in 2017 and needed to pick up something I know I will enjoy. This just made me reflect that life is too short and that I need to focus on what matters. Tuesdays with Morrie is perhaps the best-known account of an individual’s experience with ALS. It is a deeply moving story about Albums’ re-uniting with his beloved teacher and mentor, Morrie Schwartz, during Schwartz’s final months of life as he succumbs to the ravaging effects of the disease. The student relates how his teacher chose to use his illness as an opportunity to study how to die, but in the process, Morrie extracts lesson after lesson about how to live. This work is a heartwarming and heartbreaking tribute to a deeply insightful human being. It is drenched with wisdom and insight about love, life and appreciation. But it is also a story about a man who accepted the notion that ALS is inescapably terminal, and chose to derive something good from a bad situation.
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