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Tuesdays with Morrie (p. 123-151)

In a double-entry journal, you put any significant quotes or paraphrases of significant ideas in the column on the left. Then on the right, you react to that content. Ask questions. Make inferences. Make connections (T/S, T/T, and T/W). Make predictions. Make comments. For example, you may want to agree with, disagree with, or philosophize about the statement on the left. Whatever you choose to write, your reflections show that you were engaged with the text – the hallmark of an active reader.

Quote or Paraphrase & Page Number / Reflections
p. 124 “We’ve got a form of brainwashing people going on in our country.”
p. 126 “There’s a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need.”
p. 127 “If you’re trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will only look down at you anyway. And if you’re trying to show off for the people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. ”
p. 130 “In rural Kentucky, three men threw pieces of a tombstone off a bridge, smashing the windshield of a passing car, killing a teenage girl who was traveling with her family on a religious pilgrimage.” Why does Mitch keep making these “Morrie/World” connections? Make an inference.
p. 131 “When you’re in bed, you’re dead.”
p. 133 How does this last thesis with Morrie differ from Mitch’s first one?
p. 133 “And love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.”
p. 134 One of these days, I’m gonna get to you.” What do you think? Will Morrie get to Mitch? When? Make a prediction.
p. 134-135 “A Teacher to the Last.”
p. 135 “I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you’re with.”
p. 136 “People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it.”
p. 136 Mitch now believes that “learning to pay attention…is more important than almost everything” that was taught in college.
p. 137 “Instead of giving them the finger, you let them go, and you smile.”
p. 141 The Desana believe that every birth must engender a death. Mitch and Morrie agree. “What we take from this earth, we must replenish. It’s only fair.”
p.147 “Marriage. Almost everyone I knew had a problem with it.”
p. 149 “I think marriage is a very important thing to do, and you’re missing a hell of a lot if you don’t try it.”
p. 151 “I think…God overdid it.”