What an amazing story. After watching this video I went on to watch the other videos about Randy’s story. I was in tears. Randy Pausch was a wonderful man. His story was very uplifting and real. Mr. Pausch started out his Last Lecture by talking about his personal story and stating he had 3-6 months to live. He also stated he bought a beautiful house and just bought a MAC. He was about to talk about his childhood dreams, how to help others, and the lessons he learned. Mr. Pausch was a funny professor that was very helpful and knowledgeable. His childhood dreams were to be in zero gravity, be in the NFL, be an author of an Encyclopedia article, to be Captain Kirk, win stuffed animals, and to become a Disney Imagineer. How inspiring. Mr. Pausch, in my eyes, accomplished all of his dreams.
When it came to zero gravity, Mr. Pausch went through a tough obstacle to get there, but he did accomplish his dream. For 25 seconds, he got to experience zero gravity while on a plane with students. He first could not go as a faculty member, but he wanted to say he was a journalist just so he could go. In the long run, HE DIT IT. His next childhood dream was to be in the NFL. No, he didn’t actually make it to the NFL, but while he played football and listened to his coach, he realized that people who care correct you to make you better. He learned life lessons while playing football. He kept his letterman jacket and wore it because he could. This story is very inspiring. How wonderful to have these wonderful memories and lessons learned. His next dream was to write in the Encyclopedia and he accomplished that dream. He wrote on virtual reality. Now when it came to being Captain Kirk, he did get to meet him. He created a virtual lab that Captain Kirk wanted to see. He did learn about leadership with this experience. It seems as though we all should learn lessons throughout our lives in our everyday different situations.
His last two childhood dreams were to win large stuffed animals and to become a Disney Imagineer. Mr. Pausch showed pictures of himself with all of the large animals he won throughout his life. He even brought them into the lecture. That made him happy. He accomplished another dream. His last was to become a Disney Imagineer. I noticed he had a Walt Disney shirt on while he was presenting. You could tell that was a big part of his life. His application to Disney was first rejected and he hit a “brick wall”. Not all brick walls are bad. They just make us work even harder. He met John Snoddy and went to lunch with him. In the end, he helped create the Aladdin magic carpet virtual reality game/product. He accomplished another dream!! After he accomplished his dreams he wanted a way to help other accomplish their dreams so he became a professor. He had a class to create virtual reality worlds and his students, by far, surpassed his goals for the class. He keep telling them they could do better even though he was amazed by their work. The students then had other faculty, parents, friends, and other students in line to watch their presentations. What a story. He also touched on “Alice” which helped students to think they were learning computer programming while there was a “head fake”. They were having fun while learning something hard. Mr. Pausch loved that.
He explained that our family, parents, friends, classmates, and professors are all here to help us accomplish our dreams in life. This is so true. So how do you get people to help you? Mr. Pausch answered this by saying this: Be earnest and apologize when you mess up. In the video, his wife’s birthday was the previous day and he had a cake brought out for her. The entire room sang Happy Birthday for her. She was in tears. His wrap up told us all to not complain, but to work harder, be good at something, wait to find the best in every one, and be prepared. What good advice. His final words he talked about what the “Head Fake” was. He said this Last Lecture was not for the audience, but for his kids. This entire story was very touching and powerful. I enjoyed watching this and continued to watch other videos about Mr. Pausch’s life and thoughts. I would really like to purchase his book and read it. I have seen many reviews about it and they said it was well worth it. I know that Mr. Pausch’s family and students miss him very much, but there is no doubt that his ideas and thoughts will never be forgotten.
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