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    The Last Lecture

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    Reflection exercise on the reading of the last lecture. All of your answers must be in complete sentences. Your assignment should be typed‚ double-space‚ in 12-point Times or Times New Roman font. Submit your Assignment through the blackboard assignment tool or send to my email jill.rasmussen@usu.edu . I will take off points for grammar and papers you have not proof read. Please have someone read your paper or go to a writing center before turning it in. A rough draft will not be accepted. The

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    Randy Pausch

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    Last Lecture              A Father‚ Son‚ Husband‚ Professor and Role model‚ known to be as Randolph Pausch. In the novel The Last Lecture‚ Randolph shows faith‚ perseverance and hope. A dying man teaching millions how to live their lives‚ by achieving goals and accomplishing them. Randolph Pausch was an inspiration to thousands of people and became an Internet sensation from his novel and last lecture.             Randolph Pausch also known to be as Randy was a Father of Three children‚ Dylan

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    Summer Reading Assignment in English III A. Timeline 1. Childhood Dreams Randy Pausch was a kid who loved to dream big dreams. And it was important to him to have specific dreams. When he was in grade school‚ a lot of kids wanted to become astronauts‚ but Randy just wanted the floating and to experience getting in zero gravity. When he was eight years old‚ their family went on a trip to see Disneyland. And to him it was the happiest place on earth. He wanted to become one

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    CMAT 100.152 October 2‚ 2012 Evaluation of Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams Randy Pausch was a computer science professor who taught at Carnegie Mellon University. On September 18‚ 2007‚ a few months before he lost his battle with cancer‚ Pausch delivered a speech entitled Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams to an audience of around four hundred people. One can appropriately evaluate the effectiveness of Pausch’s last presentation by examining the seven

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    Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams My first words after the video were‚ “What an inspiring man.” Randy spoke with such excitement and joy. His body language was light and free. His voice was honest‚ relaxed‚ clear and confident. I had to start the video over in the very beginning‚ because I was confused on whom he was. I had to be reminded that he was the one with cancer‚ not someone he was talking about. I enjoyed listening to his positive and encouraging

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    Dreams are very important and are something that everyone should care about. Not the dreams from sleep‚ but the goals people have in life. Dreams are things like wanting to have a child‚ wanting to be a movie producer‚ or simply wanting to eat cereal for dinner. The Last Lecture‚ David Pfaltzgraff‚ Langston Hughes‚ and Caleb Harris prove that it is worth it to dream. The Last Lecture proves that it is worth it to dream. Dr. Randy Pausch was dying of Pancreatic Cancer and had just a couple of

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    The Last Lecture: Archiving Your Childhood Dream by Dr. Randy Pausch is helpful‚ meaningful and valuable lesson to me. It took me back to my childhood memories and reminded me one more time about a thing that I forgot when I was a kid‚ my childhood’s dream. I think as like as Randy‚ we are all had a dream when we was a kid. So‚ in Vietnam last eighteen years ago‚ when I was a kid‚ I dreamed about become an astronaut‚ a super hero‚ or become a psychologist. However‚ when I grew up day by day‚ I realized

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    University became an Internet phenomenon. It has also been published as a book. I really thoroughly enjoyed his Last Lecture speech. He had a lot of good talking points and brought up some new perspectives‚ or ways of looking at life situations that got me thinking. He talked a lot about his dreams when he was a child and was very humorous and inspirational throughout his speech. He also had a lot of quotes that I really enjoyed and they are what I want to focus on. “When you screw up and no

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    a “Last Lecture” titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”. A video of this speech was posted on the internet and was watched by millions of people. Randy states that while this lecture was given to students and faculty at Carnegie Mellon using his life’s dreams and ambitions to inspire the next generation‚ his real intent was to leave behind a legacy for his children. We learn that while Randy did everything in his power to achieve all of his childhood dreams‚ not everything was accomplished

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    Careers Reflection

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    `Who Am I`‚ I learned new things about myself I never knew. I learned how much I truly loved my family and friends and I learned things that may have seemed important 4 weeks ago are not as important as I thought. Although I haven`t found out I am really‚ at least I know more about myself than I did 4 weeks ago. The surveys helped me figure out the things I valued in life the most. They helped me figure out that I valued people more than objects; although I already knew that‚ I got a clearer picture

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