Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie

an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

This particular book has been sitting on my brother's dresser for a month over now and I finally decided to pick it up. Immagine my ignorance, not knowing who Albom was, and never even having heard of this amazing book. I flipped to the first chapter, the Curriculum, and I was completely captivated. See if you don't feel the same...

The last class of my professor's life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed it's pink leaves. The class met on Tuesdays. It began after breakfast. The subject was The Meaning of Life. It was taught from experience.

No grades were given, but there were oral exams each week. You were expected to respond to questions, and you were expected to pose questions of your own. You were also requiered to perform physical tasks now and then, such as lifting the professor's head to a comfortable spot on the pillow or placing his glasses on the bridge of his nose. Kissing him good-bye earned you extra credits.

No books were requiered, yet many topics were covered, including love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death. The last lecture was brief, only a few words.

A funeral was held in lieu of graduation.

Although no final exam was given, you were expected to produce a long paper on what was learned. That paper is presented here.

The last class of my professor's life had only one student.

I was the student.

Now, I've only gone quarter-way, but I highly recommend it to you guys. The language is simple, easy to digest. The book itself isn't thick as bestsellers usually are. To me, so far, it feels more like your favourite story from Chicken Soup prolonged into a book. It's a definite Must Read. It might just make you into a better person, at the very least.

Take a peak here!