Sunday, October 27, 2013

Blog Post #10

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."

”Dreams”

I watched Randy Pausch's Last Lecture video and I really enjoyed the lecture that he gave. He started off by having a great attitude and I was automatically hooked onto what he was saying. He began by saying that if you look at his CAT scan, you can see that he has 10 tumors in his liver and that the doctor told him that he had 3-6 months of good health left. Even though Dr. Pausch only had that little time left to live, he didn't let that stop him from living life to the fullest and having fun. He said that he is going to keep having fun up until the moment he dies. Dr. Pausch had such an optimistic view on life, and that was one thing that I really enjoyed about him. His main focus in his lecture is not only his childhood dreams and how he achieves them, but also how he enables the dreams of others. Pausch taught a class at Carnegie Mellon called Building Virtual Worlds; it was a project based learning course. He pushed his students to their limits in this class because he knew they could do better.

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Dr. Pausch explains how when he was a child, all he did was dream. As he grew older, he strived to achieve all of his dreams that he had as a child. His childhood dreams were being in zero gravity, playing in the NFL, authoring an article in the World Book Encyclopedia, being Captain Kirk, winning stuffed animals, and being a Disney Imagineer. He achieved all of those dreams in some way, shape or form. It is so inspiring to see someone go after and accomplish every single one of the dreams they had when they were a kid. Pausch says that, "it’s important to have specific dreams." Now I agree with that statement completely. I think it is important to have something to strive for, whether it's big or small. You should have something to work towards.

I learned a lot from Dr. Pausch. He taught me that no matter what, you should always go for your dreams and should live life to the fullest, even when the going gets tough. As a teacher, he let his students go off on their own and create their own world and do their own thing. He didn't step in their way and tell them what to do, he let them experience in on their own, and I admire him for that. I think we can all learn a lot from Randy Pausch. He wasn't afraid to go out and conquer his dreams, like so many people are. He went for it full speed ahead and didn't let anything or anybody stand in his way. As he once said, "Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don’t really want to achieve their childhood dreams. Don’t bail."

”Childhood

1 comment:

  1. I agree with you that Dr. Pausch didn't let his cancer get him down. He was an amazing man; who had so much insight into life. He really helped me to understand that when I feel like I don't get something to not give up. Your post was exceptional! I really enjoyed reading it. Thanks :)

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