Stolen photos get teacher … ousted?

Stolen photos get teacher … ousted?

by | Mar 6, 2016 | Detroit Free Press, Comment

When we were kids, the teacher’s desk was a fearsome island, a place you didn’t approach unless you absolutely had to. Clearly, things have changed. Take what happened when a South Carolina high school teacher left her cell phone on her desk last week to, she says, do...
Every one has a Morrie, they just didnt know it

For One More Day

by | Jan 15, 2016 | Teacher Testimonials

Class: English 10 Grade: High School Subject: English School/Institution: Sharon Springs Central School Sharon Springs, NY Each year my tenth graders read For One More Day first, and then I usually end the year with The Five People You Meet in Heaven. This year, I had...
Every one has a Morrie, they just didnt know it

thank you

by | Aug 13, 2015 | Teacher Testimonials

Dear Mitch, Thank you for sharing your friendship, your relationship, with Morrie. I have often described this book to others by comparing it to a roller coaster, because the first time  I read it I felt as if I was laughing one moment, then crying the next. I so...
Every one has a Morrie, they just didnt know it

Thank you

by | May 6, 2015 | Teacher Testimonials

Thank you for recognizing educators across this great country. I have taught hundreds  first graders over the course of 28 years as a public school teacher. It has been an honor and priviledge to teach all of these children to love reading and become, hopefully,...
Every one has a Morrie, they just didnt know it

Little Writers in the Making

by | Jan 31, 2015 | Teacher Testimonials

Every morning my first grade students write about things that interest them. On Friday they chose if they were a superhero.Many wanted to fly, some wanted to defeat the bad guys and others had many super powers. One little girl even said she would be “a fashion...
Every one has a Morrie, they just didnt know it

First Time Teaching

by | Sep 22, 2014 | Teacher Testimonials

Finished reading “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” last week. Been teaching 32 years but have never taught this book. Asked the kids if I should keep it as part of the curriculum for future.  Resounding YES from the class. Mr. Albom…if you are...
Every one has a Morrie, they just didnt know it

If you have the time…

by | Aug 31, 2014 | Teacher Testimonials

Dear Mr. Albom, After three classes discussing The Time Keeper with my eighth grade English students this week, I am more convinced than ever of the truth of its themes.  I am a 37-year-old English teacher at Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but...