Last lecture (March 7)

This video was amazing and one of my favorite videos of our blog assignments. The assingment for the 7th of March, was to watch a video entitled Randy Pausch's last lecture. To begin with, Randy introduced the fact that he has 6 tumors in his liver and does not have long to live (6 months). To me, I find this fascinating---he doesn't want to be secluded or to dwell in pity, but he wants to keep doing what he has been doing his whole life: inspiring people.

The lecture then transitions into childhood dreams. Pausch has lived up to almost all of his childhood dreams. The only one he didn't achieve was going into the NFL. He did however play football and that taught him the fundamentals to be successful in this life. I find it amazing that he kept his dreams alive and achieved most of them.

He then starts to talk about the childhood dreams of others. He taught a class at MIT where he used video gamming technology to teach his students about video programing. He used technology to teach kids; an idea that developed this class. But because of his techniques, the students that he taught had companies ready to hire them.

The lecture then closes with the subject lesson learned. He talks about how everyone has the potential to be successful, they just need someone to believe in them. He also talks about being loyal and truthful and how this is the best way to live your life. And I agree with him.

I found the lecture to be very uplifting and got out of it the obvious: we do not know how long we have left to live; so live it to the fullest. We should inspire, not hinder.