Blog Post #7

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture


In this lecture, by Randy Pausch, he gives a very important lesson that you probably wouldn't find in a class room.  His lecture is about having dreams and the creative ways to achieve them. He comments that we all have dreams and then goes on to talk about his own childhood dreams. His point was that we must push ourselves to achieve them rather than putting them off.

After going into detail about the extraordinary ways that he achieved his own childhood dreams, Randy turns the discussion into a new direction. He began to have a new dream. He wanted to find ways that he could encourage people to achieve their dreams. So, to achieve this, he becomes a college professor. While he is teaching, he finds that, perhaps, students were not being taught in the correct way.

He wanted his students to be as excited as he was about achieving dreams. Maybe it was that students were not taking away the right message from the classroom.  Randy began to focus on "life lessons" rather than classroom-type material. He began to implement technology in replace of books and group-study instead of paper and pen homework.  This advanced method of learning allowed the students to achieve things that Randy never would have thought of.

What I take away from this lecture is to not be afraid and to go for what you believe in. Not only was Randy able to do this himself, but he also left this impression on his students and his inspiring words for viewers and listeners across the globe.  I now know that dreams really can come true. From now on, I will make a conscious effort to go for what I believe and to never back down.