Blog Post #6

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

It was so hard watching this video just because you know he only has a couple of months to live.It was so nice to see that he likes to make his classes fun. He said that the students spend four years reading books, so they need to have fun in the masters program. If every masters program felt that way. Your could tell that he loved what he did. He had passion to teach and went out of the way for his students. The extra time he spent with his students was amazing. He took one of his classes to Disney World for a week. I would have loved to have been in his program. I want my students to have fun in class, but to also learn. I know that if children get bored, they begin to daydream and lose focus, so why not make school fun and interesting?

"Experiences is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." Randy Pausch said this during his lecture. He wanted to go to the NFL, but he said that the things he worked for in football got him to where he is today. He said that his coach came to practice without any balls to practice with. The coach told them that techniques is the key to success. That is so true. My dad has told me that my entire life. As a teacher and mentor, we will have to get students to learn the techniques first before we can send them out into the world.

Randy Pausch also said to be careful what you wish for. He always wanted to work at Imagineers. When he finally got the opportunity to work there, he got overwhelmed and overworked. I find this so true. We want so much, but we don't realize what could happen when we get it. How can we wish for more things, when in my opinion, when have everything. We all have the opportunity to go to school, to eat, to breath, to walk, to talk, and many more things that we take for granted. We are so blessed to have the chance to be teachers and impact the world.

Again, it is sad that this video was Randy Pausch's last. Even though I was sad for him, he was so happy and beyond thankful for all of his accomplishments. He had his wife there, and he surprised her with a birthday cake. The smallest things can make someone feel so special, and you can tell that he wanted his wife to feel happy for that moment. Like Randy Pausch said, this opportunity was one in five careers. He has accomplished so much, and has changed the world of technology. He thanked so many people. Even though he is young, in my opinion, he has meet more people than I can imagine. We should all be so thankful. Even though Randy had a pancreas full of cancer, he was thankful for his career, wife, three children, and the his students, colleagues, students, and friends in his life.