Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He did a video on his last lecture. Pausch had ten tumors in his liver and the doctor gave him 3 to 6 months to live. In this video he talked about his life and what he has done and who he has met along the way. He talked about three thing inparticular his childhood dreams, enabling the dreams of others, and lessons learned ; how you can achieve your dreams or enable the dreams of others. These are the three points that he focused on the entire video.
Mr. Paush had childhood dreams that he wanted to fulfill. He acted as a journalist so he could fly and fulfill his childhood dream of being at zero gravity. The closest he got to playing in the NFL he played football in high school.He didn't make it to the big league but that did get where he is today. Being an author in the worldbook encyclopedia, he was an author for his freshman thesis paper. He changed being captain Kirk to meeting him and he actually did. Winning stuffed animals was an achievement. he and his family basically did it all his life. He was able to actually become an imagineer,he worked with Walt Disney and did the Aladdin ride. Jon Snoddy helped him along the way with that idea.
He also wanted to enable the childhood dreams of others. He was able to do that because he was a professor. Building Virtual worlds was a course he had at Carnegie he was able to reach students by the mass. I loved the virtual world video, I wish I could take a course like that. This was a pioneering course. Dream fulfillment factory, called Entertainment Technology Center. He and his friend Don created it, they had companies to guarantee to hire students.
The lessons learned are abundant. We have others who help us along the way like teachers, mentors, friends, and colleagues. Andy van Dam was a mythical creature, Randy was his teaching assistant. He learned from his bosses and students. Loyalty is a two way street which is something I learned a long time ago. Never give up is my motto and he seems to think the same. Brick walls let us show our dedication, don't bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap.
Hey Warnetta,
ReplyDeleteI think you enjoyed the Randy Pausch video as much as I did. He lived a very great life- A life filled with trying to follow his dreams!The last three values you listed, "Brick Walls let us show our dedication, don't bail, the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap", were also my favorite of the many listed in the video! Keep an eye out for grammar errors. There were a few mishaps in this post. However, I've enjoyed your blog so far. Keep up the great work!
Sincerely,
Kameron Strickland
Hey Warnetta,
ReplyDeleteI 100% agree with you about the lessons learned in this video were abundant, he went through so much in his life and learned so much through the mistakes and good things he has done. I think that your motto is a very good one to live by also, "the best gold is at the bottom of the barrels of crap. One thing I thought was that this blog was supposed to be more about the lessons he learned from the stories in his life.
You only skimmed the surface of the many things that Dr. Pausch had to say about teaching and learning. Your post could have been much better with a more thorough commentary. More detail on the specifics of Dr. Pausch's views on teaching would have greatly improved your post.
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