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    Father‚ Son‚ Husband‚ Professor and Role model‚ known to be as Randolph Pausch. In the novel The Last Lecture‚ Randolph shows faith‚ perseverance and hope. A dying man teaching millions how to live their lives‚ by achieving goals and accomplishing them. Randolph Pausch was an inspiration to thousands of people and became an Internet sensation from his novel and last lecture.             Randolph Pausch also known to be as Randy was a Father of Three children‚ Dylan‚ Logan and Chloe and Husband to

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    Nick Torigian English Paper Choices Essay The author Randy Pausch shows his love for his family and his happiness towards people who surround him in his life. Pausch shows how important choices are in showing your family your love and happiness throughout the hardest times in his life. Also‚ Pausch expresses he is happy towards complete strangers and the people he interacts/surrounds himself with. The memoir The Last Lecture shows us that our choices are important in showing others and

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    Randy Pausch; Speaking Strengths By Amanda Apatow Communications Paper #2 February 28th 2012 When faced with the knowledge that you are about to do something you love for the last time‚ how would you react? When Randy Pausch‚ a virtual design professor at the University of Carnegie Mellon was given the diagnosis of liver cancer with only a few months to live‚ he knew that everything he did would be the last time he did it. Randy chose his last lecture to be an inspiring tribute to his life

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    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 about

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    Freshman Composition 2 Professor: Feng-ming Chi 蕭湞燕 Pika final book report (draft 3) LAST LECTURE SUMMARY: Randy Pausch‚ a remarkable professor in Carnegie Mellon‚ delivered his last lecture and book entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" in 2007. Because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer‚ he was dying but he tried to leave what he wanted to educate his children in the future. After recalling his memory‚ he found that all meaningful things in his life were related to his childhood

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    Despite his exceptionally optimistic and intellectual views‚ along with his major accomplishments‚ I would not be Randy Pausch’s friend. After reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch‚ I can see our personalities and actions would undoubtedly clash and it would make for a not so pleasant relationship. Randy and I would not be friends seeing that I would more than likely compare myself to him‚ inevitably making me feel bad about myself‚ I do not agree with a few of his somewhat selfish decisions‚

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    Lecture proves that it is worth it to dream. Dr. Randy Pausch was dying of Pancreatic Cancer and had just a couple of months to live. He worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a professor. The last lecture was his last lecture that he gave to his students. He talked about childhood dreams and to never let them go. One of Randy’s childhood dreams was to be a disney

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    Reflection of Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” Pennsylvania State University Berks Campus The Last Lecture began as a good-bye speech‚ made by Randy Pausch‚ a 47 year old professor diagnosed with terminal cancer. His speech at Carnegie Melon University became an Internet phenomenon. It has also been published as a book. I really thoroughly enjoyed his Last Lecture speech. He had a lot of good talking points and brought up some new perspectives‚ or ways of looking at life situations that

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    Most problems have a solution. And all solutions are possible. In Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture‚ he attempts to fulfil his childhood dreams of floating. Through Pausch’s experiences trying to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”‚ he learns a valuable lesson that he choses to include in his last lecture. Pausch didn’t want to be an astronaut‚ but he still wanted the feeling of being in zero gravity. To do that‚ he had to get on NASA’s “Vomit Comet”. It was a plane that flew up and down in arc movements.

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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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