Thursday, February 27, 2014

Blog Post #7

In Randy Pausch's Last Lecture , he talks about his life, lessons learned, and dreams accomplished. In this lecture, Randy teaches us many things, one in particular is that our dreams can be accomplished. As a young boy, he had many dreams. He accomplished many of them. One of them in particular was working as a Disney Imagineer.
"Don't complain, just work harder." -Randy Pausch
How did he accomplish this? He accomplished this because he pursued it. He worked hard and he made it happen. One of the things he mentioned throughout his lecture was that sometimes there are brick walls that we hit along the way, but they show us how badly we want things. Pausch emphasized how hard work and dedication can get us places in life. If we hit a brick wall, what are we going to do? What is our reaction going to be? Do we want it bad enough to keep going and push through? These are things that Pausch makes us think about in his "Last Lecture". Pausch accomplished so much in his short life, but the reason he did this is because he wanted it bad enough. He wanted to accomplish his dreams, and he was willing to work hard enough to achieve them.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Alyx,
    I enjoyed reading your post about Randy Pausch, and I was also inspired by him, how much he achieved, and his outlook on life! Hopefully whenever we hit those "brick walls" in our own lives, we'll be able to remember Pausch's last lecture and that if we keep trying, and working hard, opportunities will present themselves to us!

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  2. What about his approach to teaching? Was he more of a coach or a teacher? Did he use PBL? How were his classes different from the ones you have taken? Although you watched a lecture do you think that lectures played a significant part in his teaching?

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