inevitable. Smaller problems can be annoying‚ but some are faced with more serious‚ life-threatening difficulties. Randy Pausch was one who was faced with pancreatic cancer and only had an estimated three to six months left to live. In his book The Last Lecture‚ with Jeffrey Zaslow‚ Pausch reflects on his worldview. From the book‚ Pausch values honesty and above all‚ the consideration for others. Pausch reflects on how it is important to consider the welfare of others throughout the book. He always cares
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Mariah Alexander Public Speaking 1608 Word Count: 428 Randy Pausch “Last Lecture” Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who discovered that he had pancreatic cancer and was given 3-6 months to live. He is known for developing and telling a speech he called “The Last Lecture” in which he explains his accomplishments in life which include his childhood dreams. His positive‚ humorous‚ and inspirational persona made watching this speech a learning experience‚ as well
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Chapter 7 Summarizing and Displaying Measurement Data Lecture Summary GOALS FOR CHAPTER 7 1. To illustrate that summarizing important features of a list of numbers provides more information than looking at an unordered list. 2. To explain the concept of the shape of a set of numbers and the vocabulary used to describe shapes‚ and why it is useful to know something about the shape. 3. To learn the details of how to construct stem-and-leaf plot‚ histograms and boxplots and how to compute
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Chris Cercone Peter Palumbo SU101 11/18/10 Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch delivered a highly memorable and inspirational presentation in 2007‚ entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” I thought it was emotional‚ powerful and gripping‚ as was the book about it‚ The Last Lecture. Pausch frequently talks about his childhood dreams‚ such as being a Disney Imagineer‚ meeting Captain Kirk‚ playing in the National Football
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After watching Randy Pausch’s speech‚ the “Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams‚” there were three visual aids that he used to guide his speech. One of them was the vest with the arrows sticking out of his back. He explained it was an emblem representing his journey when he was teaching a pioneering course. He said to the audience that if one tries to take on pioneering that they “will get those arrows in the back.” The point he was getting at was the fact that you will face obstacles and
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The Last Lecture: Archiving Your Childhood Dream by Dr. Randy Pausch is helpful‚ meaningful and valuable lesson to me. It took me back to my childhood memories and reminded me one more time about a thing that I forgot when I was a kid‚ my childhood’s dream. I think as like as Randy‚ we are all had a dream when we was a kid. So‚ in Vietnam last eighteen years ago‚ when I was a kid‚ I dreamed about become an astronaut‚ a super hero‚ or become a psychologist. However‚ when I grew up day by day‚ I realized
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It was in the summer before my sophomore year when I read the book “The Last Lecture” by CMU professor Randy Pausch. The book was based on his famous “last lecture” that he gave while being terminally ill with few months to live. In that lecture‚ instead of talking about his tragedy‚ he spoke about the positivity of life‚ continuous learning‚ unconstrained imaginations‚ honesty and integrity‚ overcoming obstacles and choices that one can make to lead a good life. Two of his key experiences has stood
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| Advanced Corporate Finance Presented by 9/3/14 Professor Nikolay Halov 1 Plan for today • Syllabus • Introduction to the course • Is Corporate Finance Irrelevant? 2 General Information • • • • Professor Nikolay Halov Office: KMC 9-151 E-mail: nhalov@stern.nyu.edu Phone: 212-998-0836 3 Course Information Meeting times: Monday Wednesday 2-3:15pm‚ 3:30-4:45pm •The web page: – NYU Classes – Class materials‚ problems‚ solutions‚ communication •TAs: • Ryan Liu: ryan.liu@stern.nyu.edu
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