Baseball is a metaphor for life. Today my students vote for their Girl, Interrupted MVP.  They are to review the memoir they read this semester and select the most valuable part: scene, character, idea, conversation, quotation.  Just like in baseball, there are no clear-cut, agreed-upon guidelines for defining “valuable.”  It’s up to each student to write a 300- to 500-word justification of their choice.   This is very cool.  They make it very personal.  Everyone seems to “hit” something different.  Here is mine: