"Randy Pausch's Last Lecture"
Randy starts off by telling his audience that he has 10 tumors in his liver with 3 to 6 months left to live. He then simply states that you cannot change the cards you are dealt, just how you play the hand. He is not in denial; he just simply wants to inspire others while he still can. It is important to have specific dreams and to let your students know you are behind their dreams 100%. Randy tells his childhood dreams and explains that we should never loose sight of dreaming big. One of my favorite quotes from Mr. Pauschs's lecture was, "Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things." This quote means a lot to me because during college I have hit a lot of these brick walls and have learned if you want something bad enough, you keep going. Randy teaches us how we can enable the dreams of others by teaching from our lessons learned. As a future educator, I have learned that motivation and perseverance are two key terms of teaching. While your students are achieving their dreams, they will realize what and who helped them achieve it. If you can be a part of this incredible journey, that is priceless. Role models, parents, and mentors play a huge part in helping students achieve their goals and dreams. Teachers must realize their opinion matters. As an educator you will never know what your students will actually end up becoming. The sky is the limit, and they should know that. Mr. Randy is such an inspiration to everyone. He set out goals and dreams and fulfilled more than half of his dream list. His life is very impressive, and we should all try and inspire as he did. Three main points for teachers to remember when teaching are:
Show gratitude, gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.
Don't complain, just work harder.
If we keep these three points in our mindsets while teaching, we will have such an incredible impact on our students' lives. These types of teachers are remembered forever. Randy also wrote a book named Living while Dying. Even though he did not achieve all of his lifelong goals, he had an incredible outlook and understanding on life even when the odds were not in his favor
Kayla, I really enjoyed reading your Blog Post #10 about what you learned about teaching and learning from Randy Pausch. You did an awesome job of describing what you learned from this video. It was very organized and easy to read. I did not see and spelling or grammar mistakes. I also loved this video, and I wrote about some of the same things you did in my post. I loved how you applied one of his quotes to your own personal experiences. Great post!
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