Tuesdays with Morrie by: Mitch Albom

1. Tuesdays with Morrieby: Mitch Albom an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

2. Why are we reading this? Here are some reviews of the book... "Mitch Albom's book is a gift to mankind." "This book is a MUST read. Buy this book for yourself, then pass it on to a person you love: mother, father, sister, brother, wife, husband, friend or teenager, everyone should read this book." "A true story of the meaning of life put into 192 pages might seem unimaginable, but Mitch Albom does it all. " This book has a feel to it, like you were there when Mitch visited Morrie every Tuesday. It really spoke to me in ways that are unimaginalbe. This is a fantastic book.

3. Why read this in Freshmen Seminar? As we have talked about before, Freshmen Seminar is not a traditional class.  It is a SEMINAR.  Seminars are designed to examine a broad variety of things.  Mitch has his own special seminar with Morrie.  His focus was life, and all the lessons we need to learn about living life to the fullest.  In our seminar we are also interested in living life to the fullest, and we can all benefit from the lessons that Morrie helps Mitch discover. We can also see how a seminar class works.  The student must attempt to discover things about him or her self.  The teacher simply asks the questions!

4. How is this going to work? Each Tuesday we will read a chapter from the book.  The book is designed to talk about each of the class meetings Mitch has with Morrie, every Tuesday.  Hence the name, Tuesdays with Morrie. We will write journal responses on the reading or have class discussion about the reading each week. At the end of the book you will each complete a project!

5. A PROJECT!?!   OH NO!!! Each of you will select someone who has inspired you in your life so far.  You must select someone who is still alive. Then, you will create a 20 question interview list.  These will be all the questions you maybe have wanted to ask this person, or things you do not know about them yet. Next, you will interview your mentor.  You will conduct the interview in person or over the phone.  Then you will transcribe the interview. Finally, you will take your transcribed interview and write a paper about the person, your interview, and what you learned.

6. Is that it? Yep.  That's it.  Except that hopefully you will learn something about yourself and the life that you want to live from Morrie and Mitch and their final class together! "It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be. " -Morrie Schwartz