

After the ceremony, he found Morrie, his favorite teacher, and introduced him to his parents.

Mitch graduated from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. The second chapter begins with a flashback to 1979. He says that he wrote one paper for this class, which is this novel. The class ended with a funeral instead of a graduation.

He didn't take tests or receive grades, but Mitch learned a great deal from these lectures. The first chapter, entitled "The Curriculum" compares these conversations to a college course that met on Tuesdays at Morrie's house where the topic was The Meaning of Life. This non-fiction book written by Mitch Albom describes his relationship with his college professor Morrie Schwartz told through a series of interviews that Mitch set up with Morrie once he found out that Morrie was dying of ALS.
