Tuesdays with Maurie-Work

In Tuesdays with Mauri, Mitch's ideals about work are admirable. He is both dedicated and and driven. However, as the movie continues we see the adverse outcomes of his addiction to his work. While most people would agree that being interested in your work is healthy, it becomes apparent that Mitch is so involved in his work that it is ruining his social life. Whereas we begin the movie admiring Mitch, we soon come to realize that he deserves only our pity. Everything Mitch does is deadlines and individual work. Mitch is constantly short on time and seems indefinitely stressed. This seems a lot like the mentality many high schoolers exhibit. If we are so consumed with our studies, and worrying about our studies, what room do we leave ourselves to develop as healthy individuals? Won't our social interactions suffer? Do we want to give up a lifetime friendship for an A? What we really need is to be able to recognize the line; the very narrow division between caring too much and being lazy.