Blog Assignment 7

This was a very inspiring speech by Randy Pausch! This man is absolutely amazing, he is a great example of being a genuinely good person and putting others first. He was also very successful throughout his life and inspired many people with his words, which is a huge success in it‘s own. One of the greatest qualities Randy shows throughout the speech is how determined he is about achieving his goals.
Randy starts his speech out by talking about his childhood dreams, a list ranging from defining gravity and winning stuffed animals, to being an imaginer in Disney World. The most impressive thing that he does in my opinion is reaching every single one of his dreams as a child. One of the only childhood dreams that I can remember was to become a country music singer, and I am far from reaching that dream! Dr. Pausch shows true dedication to reaching goals, and every teacher should do so to where the kids in the classroom can be pushed to their full potential. In the video I like the story Dr. Paush tells explaining how he gives his students a project to do in two weeks, and when the two weeks is over he is so blown away by the students work, that he doesn’t know what do give them next. Randy then calls a friend to ask what he should do about his situation and he is told to say “This is good, but I know you all can do better,” and he is amazed by what his students come up with by the time the building virtual worlds class is over. I’m sure Dr. Pausch inspired his students in the classroom as well as he inspired all the people that has had the privilege to hear his speeches.
There are some many awesome things mentioned through out the speech including the “brick walls” quote, indicating that brick walls are only put up to see how badly we really want something. Randy was also a co founder in the computer program called “Alice” it was a novel way to teaching computer programming and suppose to be a fun way for students to learn how to make their own computer programs. Dr. Pausch say’s “It would be great to see millions of kids having fun while learning something hard.” This quote alone indicates that he was not only dedicated to his life goals, he was also dedicated to his students. I think all teachers should take the time to watch this speech, so they too can be inspired by Randy’s hard work.
Dr. Pausch was also a big family man. He mentioned more than once in the speech about how amazing his parents were to him and how he had a great childhood. During the speech he also brings his wife up upon the stage and gets over 500 people to sing happy birthday to her, which was a touching moment for the both of them. In the end he states that the speech was not for the people in the room or for anyone else in that matter, it was for his children. After watching this speech anyone could be able to tell that this man was not only hard working, but was also kind hearted and very optimistic. Dr. Randy Pausch sadly passes away after being diagnosed with cancer, but he will surly be remembered forever through the inspiring words of wisdom he has left behind.