Where are the words to express how this man is still changing others lives? I sat here quite grateful to have learned something from him. His choose to discuss some of his childhood dreams in that presentation and I sat in thought after hearing that, maybe when we come up with our childhood dreams it is then that we truly know what it is we want. When then world is simple and there is no one to say "you can't do that". Randy Pausch took his dreams and made them come true and inspired others to do the same.
His techniques in teaching, made teaching fun. He taught a virtual reality course that taught students from departments all across the academia spreadsheet. It allowed the 50 students to work in small groups creating worlds. He taught them to work in these groups with a dependency on each other that made them bond. He used no books in his classes. These courses were strictly taught with a series of projects. He said he was never a fan of academia himself he liked fun. He made learning fun. It was so much fun that the classes were showing these virtual reality words in an open classroom and people were lining up to get in to see them.
He didn't say life was easy, he talk about the brick walls that you will face in life. Those walls are put there to keep the people who don't want it bad enough out. If you want it bad enough you will figure out how to get around or over those walls.
He emasized fun, learning is fun. Life should be fun other wise what is the point? He believed in karma and doing good and in his way of inspiring others to do good. When a person is that positive about life even though the future is grim it really makes me sit down and say what do I have that is so big compared to that to gripe about. I am truly blessed. He has taught so many students through these courses over the years and i can imagine each one has carried on is some way touched by the time he put in with them. I was touched to have just listened to it.
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