Randy Pausch's Last Lecture is incredibly inspiring. This profesor from Carnegie Mellon was an intelligent, down to earth, and creative man. This man teaches us what it means to really deal with something. In his case, he has been told he does not have much longer to live yet he continues to live with a "nothing is impossible" attitude.
My favorite part about this lecture is when he says "When you do something wrong and no one tells you, they have given up on you. Then you have a problem." I agree with him on this 100%. This is effectively used in teaching. If a teacher did not correct a student when they did something wrong the student would go on thinking the wrong thing for who knows how long. That is one good reason why peer editing is important in EDM310.
Another piece of advice taken from Randy is that experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. We can all relate to this. When he was young he applied to be a Disney Imagineer and said he received some of the nicest rejection letters he had ever read. This was experience for Randy and enabled him to do better in his life even if he thought he wanted something else.
Randy learned along the way that if you give people time they will impress you. I believe we could all use a little more patience. Especially in teaching, patience is important. If you can not be patient with your students then you have a problem. Only time can tell.
I think the most important thing learned from this video is that you can not give up on things. Holding on until the end is vital because life is all about the journey.
Hi Haley!
ReplyDeleteThere are two things I would consider revising. "This was experience for Randy and enabled him to do better in his life even if he thought he wanted something else." Maybe you should say "This was an experience that enabled Randy to do better in his life." Also, be specific when explaining what enabled him to do better for example, him having cancer allowed him to change. You should quote what Randy said in your sentence Another piece of advice taken from Randy is that experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. Overall, good job explaining what you learned from Randy's lecture and I like how you included some of the quotes that he said in his lecture. That helped explain how he inspired others. I hope this helps!
Shakeya Andrews
Great summary of Randy's lecture. It was very thoughtful of you to include quotes given by Randy. However, I do agree with Shakeya on revising the sentence "This was experience for Randy and enabled him to do better in his life even if he thought he wanted something else." Other than that you did a great job explaing what you learned from him.
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