Tuesdays With Morrie Lesson Plan

In his first “class” with Morrie after not seeing him for 16 years, what does Mitch learn about the idea of culture that he had not previously considered? How does he begin to change his culture in this section of the reading?

Mitch learns that most of the current culture by which we are all surrounded does not make us feel good. He thinks of the tabloids he sees while working at Wimbledon and the OJ Simpson trial and how people spend a lot of their free time watching it as examples. He realizes that people immerse themselves in these things, yet most of it doesn’t make anyone happy. In a similar way, he immerses himself in his work, writing about sports celebrities...