Summary of The Professor
In this chapter, The Professor, tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, Albom describes Morrie’s childhood. Morrie’s mother died when he was eight, and he had to read the telegram written in English to his father, Charlie, because he didn’t speak English. Later, when Morrie, his father, and his brother moved to Connecticut, Morrie’s brother, David, got polio. David had to get braces on his legs. “At nine years old, he felt as if the weight of a mountain were on his shoulders.” But Morrie’s relief came with his step mother, Eva. Eva took care of them, loved them, and Morrie’s favorite, kissed them goodnight.
Eva always pushed Morrie and David to be great in school. “[S]he saw education as the only antidote to their poverty.” When Charlie, Morrie’s father, took Morrie to the fur factory where he worked to see if he could find Morrie a job, the boss said no. Morrie was relieved for the place was very frightening. Then Morrie begins to think about his future. “He ruled out law, because he didn’t like lawyers, and he ruled out medicine, because he couldn’t take the sight of blood.” It was only by default that Morrie became a teacher.
The chapter ends with a quote from Henry Adams. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
In this chapter, The Professor, tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, Albom describes Morrie’s childhood. Morrie’s mother died when he was eight, and he had to read the telegram written in English to his father, Charlie, because he didn’t speak English. Later, when Morrie, his father, and his brother moved to Connecticut, Morrie’s brother, David, got polio. David had to get braces on his legs. “At nine years old, he felt as if the weight of a mountain were on his shoulders.” But Morrie’s relief came with his step mother, Eva. Eva took care of them, loved them, and Morrie’s favorite, kissed them goodnight.
Eva always pushed Morrie and David to be great in school. “[S]he saw education as the only antidote to their poverty.” When Charlie, Morrie’s father, took Morrie to the fur factory where he worked to see if he could find Morrie a job, the boss said no. Morrie was relieved for the place was very frightening. Then Morrie begins to think about his future. “He ruled out law, because he didn’t like lawyers, and he ruled out medicine, because he couldn’t take the sight of blood.” It was only by default that Morrie became a teacher.
The chapter ends with a quote from Henry Adams. “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”