The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch

Do we really look into ourselves? As I read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch over fall break, his life story made me think: How will I accomplish my dreams like Mr. Pausch? Randy’s idea of a “brick wall” really hit me because I admire that someone believes that hardships could lead to great things if they work towards it. I want to look into myself and see what life lessons that I go by the seventeen years I have been on this planet, and how they reflect what people will remember about me. My first lesson I have gone by during my seventeen years on Earth my mother have imbedded in me since I could remember. She would always say, “You go to school to get an education, and then go to college to take care of yourself.” At that time, I was around four or five years old and from then to now she will always ask me, “What do you go to school for?” and I would reply, “To get an
This song’s chorus contains my third lesson I have learned in life which is, what does not kill someone can make them stronger. I think this goes along with Mr. Pausch’s “brick walls’ which means they are not in front of someone to stop them, but to make them work harder. So, I believe that my lesson means that what does not cause me physical or mental harm it will make me a stronger and wiser individual. I have experienced this like almost losing my 4.0 grade point average in geometry, but because I didn’t want that to happen I studied for days and hours to understand all the concepts for the midterm. I thought this would kill me and the thought of losing my 4.0 was hard to fathom. On the day of the midterm I made a hundred percent on the midterm exam and did not lose my 4.0. As of today, that really helped me and made me stronger in math. I will use this lesson in the future to never give up and that as long I am not causing harm to myself or someone else that I or anyone can accomplish