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Tuesdays with Morrie part 1 of 11 full movie HD.flv
Chapter 1: The Curriculum
The class met every Tuesday
Subject: Meaning of Life
No grades were given
Expected to respond to questionsRequired to perform physical
tasks
Kissing goodbye earned you extra credit
No books required yet many topics were presented
No final exam but expected to produce one long paper on what has
learned.Had only one students and
it’s the Author itself.
What Mitch rememberedHappened after his college
graduation ?
He introduced his favorite professor to his parents and
Before they leave, he gave to his professor a tan briefcase with his
initials on the front
Chapter 2: Syllabus
Morrie knows that there is something wrong about his
health.When he consult ed his doctor
he noticed that he had a disease known as Als- AMYOTROPHIC
LATERAL SCLEROSIS OR Lou Gehrige’s
disease
What is ALS?A brutal, unforgiving illness
of neurological system.There was no cure
Like a lit candle- melts your nerves and leaves your body a
Pile of wax. it often begins with the legs
and works it way up.
Despite of his condition, Morrie thought that he
will not ashamed of dying , instead he could make death his final project, he could be a
research. A human textbook .
Chapter 3: The studentMitch albom- became different
after his uncle deathNo more playing music at half-
empty clubsNo more writing songs
Returned to school and earned master degree of journalismBecame an award winning
sports-writer
Chapter 4: The Audiovisual One friend of morrie named
mauri stein was so taken with the words of moorie and sent
them to boston globe reporter, who came out and wrote a
longFeature story on morrie. The
headline read: Professors final course: his own death
The article caught the eye of a producer from “nightline show”, who brought it to ted Koppel –
most famous interviewer in America. This program was aired Friday night and mitch was able to watched it that made him to noticed his Professor condition.
Chapter 5:Professors final course his own death
Chapter 6: The Orientation
Morrie was so happy to meet again his favorite student after 16 years.
Mitch remembered how close they are, his graduation day, the briefcase, his freshman
year with moorie and when he used to called him
“coach” , and the time they eat together.
Chapter 7: The Classroom
While in the house of morrie, mitch noticed the different calls for
morrie. It was clear that he was not the only one interested in visiting his
old professorMorrie told mitch
how he is going to die
INSIGHTSTension of opposites
“ Life is a series of pulls back and forth . You want to
do one thing, but you are bound to do something else.
Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. you
take certain things for granted, even when you
know you should never take anything for granted.
Chapter 8: Taking Attendance
Mitch flew to london to covered wimbledon, the
world’s Premier tennis competition but cannot erased in his mind what moorie said to
him in his last visit.
INSIGHTS
“The culture we have does not make people
feel good about themselves. And you
have to be strong enough to say if the
culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it”
INSIGHTS
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they
think are important. This is because they are chasing the
wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to
devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your
community around you, and devote yourself creating something that gives you
purpose and meaning.
INSIGHTS
“ If you really want it, then you’ll make your dream
happen
Chapter 9: The first Tuesday We talk about the World
Morris and Mitch called themselves
“Tuesday people”Mitch was amazed to
his professor because he cried for the suffering of
other people .
INSIGHTS
“ The most important thing in life is to
learn how to give out love , and to let it
come in“love is the only
rational act”
Chapter 10: The Second Tuesday We talk About Feeling Sorry for Yourself
Mitch was flying seven hundred miles to sit alongside
a dying man but he feel better and felt like a
cleansing rinse of human kindness.
He looked for the signs of progression of morrie’ s
disease
“Its only horrible if you see that way”
“Its horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But its also
wonderful because of all the time I get to say
goodbye”
INSIGHTS
“Sometimes you cannot believe what you see , you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever
going to have other people trust you , you must feel that you can trust them,
too-even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re
falling
INSIGHTS
Chapter 11: The third TuesdayWe talk about Regrets
Mitch arrived to Morrie’s House
With the normal bags of food and something else- a Sony
tape recorder.Mitch make a list of the topic
he want to discuss with moories.
Chapter 12: The Audiovisual
Part TwoThe “ Nightline”had done follow –up story on morrie
They talked about maurie Stein, who was
Going deaf and about his family especially
His mother who died seventy years ago.
“ You don’t need speech or hearing to feel the
love
INSIGHTS
Chapter 13: The Professor
He was 8 yrs old when his mother Died.
He came from a poor family with a Russian immigrant father
who is uneducated and barely able to speak English
His brother had Polio and when he was
9 years old he felt the weight of mountain were on his shoulders.
Luckily he had a stepmother A saving embrace came into
his life who was taught him to loe and care and saw education
as the only antidote to their poverty.
Morris- didn’t like lawyers nor a doctor that is why he choose to be
a professor.
“ A teacher affects eternity; he can never
tell where his influencestops.
= Henry Adams
INSIGHTS
Chapter 14: The fourth Tuesday
we talk about death Letters from around
the world Kept coming to Morrie
His two sons help him to answer the letters.
He always remind to sign “thank you, Morrie”
Insights
Everyone knows they’re going to die but no body
believes it
Insights
“Once you learn how to die , you
learn how to live “
Insights
“Love each other or perish”
Chapter 15: The fifth Tuesday we
Talk about familyThe tape conversation had
switched fromHandheld microphones
Mitch and moorie talk about their family.
Insights
There is no foundation, no secure ground , upon which
people may stand today if it isn’t the
family.”
Insights
“There is no experience like
having children”
PRESENTED BY:KRISTYNIL C.
DIMAPILIS
IV-18 BSE History