Wow!!! What a great speech. Randy Pausch is very inspirational. In his speech, he starts by making people aware of his illness. He has around 10 tumors in his liver and is given 3 to 6 months to live. There is nothing he can do to change this so he plans on spending his last days playing. Pausch hits on three topics: childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and lessons learned.
Pausch had several childhood dreams. He wanted to be in a zero gravity environment. He didn't want to be an astronaut, he just wanted to know what it felt like to be in zero gravity. He wanted to be in the NFL, be an author in World Book Encyclopedia, be Captain Kirk, win the over sized stuffed animals at the fair and be a Disney Imagineer. He at some point in his life was able to fill every dream except for the NFL dream. He also says that he learned the most out of not reaching this dream.
Pausch was able to help in enabling the dreams of others. He had a student that wanted to be a part of the new Star Wars Movies. After being offered a job at another university, all of Pausch's students followed him but one. The one who was helping with the sets of the Star Wars Movies.
Pausch has met many people and has many stories to tell about what he has learned from them. He is happy to say that he has always had good bosses and he will never work for someone that he doesn't like.
There are many people that contributed to making Randy Pausch the successful and motivating man in the video that I watched. I really enjoyed the video and hope that people in the work place view me in the same sense that he was viewed.
A very moving and touching lecture. What did you learn from it that will affect your teaching?
ReplyDeleteI want to think outside the box and go above and beyond what is required of me to make sure that every student that I come across has the chance to succeed.
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