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    lecture would be giving to students at colleges expressing what your lasts thought would be if these were to be your last moments on this world. In Randy Paunch’s LAST LECTURE it was a little different. He got asked to prepare this last lecture but in his case it really would be one of the last things he would say to thousands in this world. Randy Pausch had a wife‚ three small children and the job of his dreams. Everything seemed to be going perfectly‚ but then he was diagnosed

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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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    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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    For most people‚ hardship is 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

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    Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams My first words after the video were‚ “What an inspiring man.” Randy spoke with such excitement and joy. His body language was light and free. His voice was honest‚ relaxed‚ clear and confident. I had to start the video over in the very beginning‚ because I was confused on whom he was. I had to be reminded that he was the one with cancer‚ not someone he was talking about. I enjoyed listening to his positive and encouraging

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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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    Randy Pausch: Inspiration to Both Students and Teachers Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. In September‚ 2006 he learned that he had terminal pancreatic cancer and a year later he delivered a speech commonly referred to as a “Last Lecture” titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”. A video of this speech was posted on the internet and was watched by millions of people. Randy states that while this lecture was given to students and faculty at

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    Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23‚ 1960 – July 25‚ 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18‚ 2007‚ before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation‚ “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams‚” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals with quotes that have been circulating around the web since his stunning lecture that touched so many people. It gave them courage to live a better

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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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    CMAT 100.152 October 2‚ 2012 Evaluation of Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams Randy Pausch was a computer science professor who taught at Carnegie Mellon University. On September 18‚ 2007‚ a few months before he lost his battle with cancer‚ Pausch delivered a speech entitled Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams to an audience of around four hundred people. One can appropriately evaluate the effectiveness of Pausch’s last presentation by examining the seven

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