The Joys of Summer

The Joys of Summer

by | Aug 11, 2011 | Teacher Testimonials

Dear Mitch, As a graduate student working towards an M.A.T., I recently wrote a lesson plan designed to teach the young adolescents the importance of “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” (one of my favorite songs) and how ‘wasting time’ should be...
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Changing School Culture

by | Jun 3, 2011 | Teacher Testimonials

This is not directly a story of how your books have affected a class but rather an attempt to use you to impact the future of our school. I teach high school science, biology, chemistry and college level anatomy and physiology.  In an attempt to increase literacy I...
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Mondays with Mitch Albom

by | May 13, 2011 | Teacher Testimonials

Dear Mitch, I teach English in Sochi, Russia. Once a week on Monday we have a homereading class where my students are supposed to discuss one of the books we currently read. Since March 2011 we’ve been reading “Five People You Meet In Heaven” and my...
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Students Share Revelations

by | May 6, 2011 | Teacher Testimonials

Dear Mr. Albom, I am a English teacher at an urban high school in Harrisburg, PA. My students are currently reading and analyzing “Tuesdays With Morrie.” Your book has enlightened my students and has given them an outlet. Some topics are not discussed in a...
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Tuesdays with Morrie

by | Mar 20, 2011 | Teacher Testimonials

Dear Mitch, I am a teacher trainee from Berlin, Germany. I have read Tuesdays with Morrie only in December last year. It made a great impression on me, so I decided to teach it to my class, since it matches the topic of the semester so well (Individual and society...
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Thank You So Much

by | Oct 20, 2010 | Teacher Testimonials

This year, I returned to school after a short sabbatical to stay with my mom who was dying of brain cancer. Each year, I try in vain to find the money to teach the novel Tuesday’s with Morrie. Our school is in the crunch of budget cuts and as an inner city...
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What is the spell?

by | May 1, 2010 | Teacher Testimonials

Class: Lit I Grade: High School Subject: English School/Institution: Clarendon Hall School Summerton, SC I read For one more day over the summer. I enjoyed it greatly. As a literature teacher I am always trying to get my students excited about reading. I have tried...
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Meridian High School, Meridian, ID

by | Mar 29, 2010 | Teacher Testimonials

Class: Reading Grade: High School Subject: School/Institution: Meridian High School Meridian, ID I teach reluctant low readers and I asked if I could teach The Five People. It was approved. We began and the kids got hooked, when we stopped, they asked for more. At the...
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Glenview Christian School, Ft. Worth, TX

by | Mar 29, 2010 | Teacher Testimonials

Class: English II Grade: High School Subject: World Literature School/Institution: Glenview Christian School Ft. Worth, TX I took Tuesdays with Morrie and assigned certain chapters per week for the students to read. Next, I assigned each student a mentor for him/her...