It was in the summer before my sophomore year when I read the book “The Last Lecture” by CMU professor Randy Pausch. The book was based on his famous “last lecture” that he gave while being terminally ill with few months to live. In that lecture‚ instead of talking about his tragedy‚ he spoke about the positivity of life‚ continuous learning‚ unconstrained imaginations‚ honesty and integrity‚ overcoming obstacles and choices that one can make to lead a good life. Two of his key experiences has stood
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Imma boss ass bitch. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 66.2 percent of the high school graduates last year went on to higher education (U.S. Dept. of Labor). When these students graduate from college they have‚ on average‚ about $27‚000 in student loan debt (Walia). It is expected that there will be 1.8 million undergraduates graduating this fall (Fast Facts). Their debt will be added to the 1 trillion dollar student loan debt that already exists. This total for student loan debt
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‘Die‚ die! For my own death‚ I’ll meet it freely–whenever Zeus and the other deathless gods would like to bring it on!’” (Book 22‚ ll. —) This shows that Achilles’ loyalty as well as anger will not let him sympathize with dying Hector...even in his last moments. Hector begs for mercy on his dead body‚ but unaltered and unshaken‚ Achilles cannot be led away from his loyalty to his best friend and in turn shows no mercy.
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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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Reflection of Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” Pennsylvania State University Berks Campus The Last Lecture began as a good-bye speech‚ made by Randy Pausch‚ a 47 year old professor diagnosed with terminal cancer. His speech at Carnegie Melon 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
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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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The speaker I selected was Professor Randy Pausch. I have read the book‚ “The Last Lecture” and was very moved by it. In the introduction he absolutely grabbed my attention. He was very humorous and engaging. Even using humor to discuss “the elephant in the room” and to show everyone how he was in good health. He makes you want to listen in the way he opened his “speech”. His nonverbal communication is excellent. He focuses on the audience (eye contact) through the entire speech. He walks
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“It’s not about how to achieve your dreams‚ it’s about how to lead your life” is a quote that was spoken by Randy Pausch in his inspirational speech ‘The Last Lecture’. Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was told that he had three to six months of good health left. Although this is devastating news for anyone‚ he continued on with his life as he had before. Pausch’s speech was about how to achieve your childhood dreams‚ and more importantly
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us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” in his bestseller book‚ The Last Lecture. The author explores the meaning of life’s difficulties‚ and how these difficulties shape our character and help us discover our own potential. Furthermore‚ this quote suggests that success is not easily obtained‚ rather an individual needs to
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14 System Software and Application Software Activity 1 Task 1 Method Pro and con Drag the selected lines of text to the target location using the mouse. Pro: More intuitive method Con: Require higher dexterity Press the ‘Ctrl’ and ‘X’ keys to cut the text. Move the cursor to the target location. Press the ‘Ctrl’ and ‘V’ keys to paste the text. Pro: Shortcut keys are used to reduce operation time. Con: Need to memorize shortcut keys Click the ‘Cut’ button on the Ribbon
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