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    health left.” He gave an upbeat lecture titled “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” On September 18‚ 2007‚ at Camegie Mellon University. On the stage that day‚ Randy was youthful‚ energetic‚ handsome‚ often cheerfully‚ darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment‚ as he himself acknowledged. If you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture. What would you say to your students? For Dr. Randy Pausch‚ there’s an elephant in the room

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    The Last Lecture

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    In this video‚ Randy Pausche‚ the Carnegie Mellon professor‚ is giving his last lecture. Although‚ he was fighting a terminal cancer‚ he was not talking about death‚ but about how to live in fullest. His last lecture is about his childhood dreams‚ enabling dreams of others‚ and about how we can try to achieve them. Randy’s speech is full of lessons which could be as valuable for students‚ workers‚ and housewives so long for managers‚ business owners‚ and executives. It is easy to relate the

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    If you got the chance to pick what your lasts words on this world would be‚ what would you say? Would you focus on dying or how you spent your life? Many professors around the world are asked to take on this task of composing and delivering a “last lecture”. This 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

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    “Hypothetically‚ if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture‚ what would you say to your students?” That is how Professor Randy Pausch‚ from Carnegie Mellon‚ began his last lecture‚ a speech entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” while in fact he was dying of Pancreatic Cancer. He knew he only had months left to live and put together this last lecture to read to his students. His lecture focuses in on points such as the importance of: making sincere apologies‚ not whining

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    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 League‚ being in zero gravity and authoring an article for The World

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    Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams You would think a man dying of cancer would not be so happy and willing to spend the last few months of his life giving a lecture. But‚ Randy Pausch‚ who has 10 tumors in his liver‚ does not want people to pity him for having cancer. Rather‚ he wants to teach people how to follow their childhood dreams. Looking at the seven elements of communication we see how he is so effective in his last lecture. The lecture has affected me personally

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    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 dreams. Thus‚ he talked about his dreams‚ family‚ and lessons from daily life. He also gave advice on how to live. As a dying

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    The Last Lecture Summary

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    novel‚ The Last Lecture‚ discusses how Randy decided to make his lecture about achieving childhood dreams and about why his wife‚ Jai‚ did not want him to give the lecture‚ she want him to spend his remaining time with family but then she supported him. The second part of the novel‚ Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams‚ he discusses all of the dreams he had when he was child. He was able to accomplish all of his dreams. The third part is called Adventures and Lessons learned‚ here he received the

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    entry for a lecture consists of the speaker name‚ date conducted‚ lecture title‚ event‚ sponsor‚ and city. Last Name‚ F. (Date Conducted). Lecture Title. Event. Lecture conducted from Sponsor‚ City. Pausch‚ R. (2007‚ September). Really achieving your childhood dreams. Journeys. Lecture conducted from Carnegie Mellon University‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA. The speaker’s name should be reversed‚ with the last name coming first‚ followed by a comma. First names and any middle names are given as initials‚ each

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    Reflection exercise on the reading of the last lecture. All of your answers must be in complete sentences. Your assignment should be typed‚ double-space‚ in 12-point Times or Times New Roman font. Submit your Assignment through the blackboard assignment tool or send to my email jill.rasmussen@usu.edu . I will take off points for grammar and papers you have not proof read. Please have someone read your paper or go to a writing center before turning it in. A rough draft will not be accepted. The

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