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 lecture but in his case
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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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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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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 Reflection The Last Lecture was a very interesting and inspiring book to read. It focuses on living life more than death. The life that Randy Pausch lived was not only educational for his students but for himself and he hoped educational for his children. He reflected on his past and taught his student to live their childhood dreams. Pausch was trying to leave a legacy for his children not only through his last lecture but also in the way he looked at life. Pausch was a man of many
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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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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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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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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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