This man is beyond amazing, which I am sure anyone who ever had the distinct pleasure of knowing him, would agree with. His ability to speak so precisely and clearly about the topic of Education was both comforting as well as inspiring. Dr. Pausch was able to elaborate on a theme which Sir Ken Robinson spoke on, in one of our earlier assignments. Creativity to Dr. Pausch seemed far more important than the data that could be shown from a standardized test. Which I believe he touched on as he expressed the scores he had received on his GRE’s or Board Certification. He believed in himself, and he was lucky enough to have shown his abilities to people who could help him, who also believed in him.
The fascinating beginning of his lecture took us on a trip of where his dreams began. Dreams are what fuel creativity and Dr. Pausch was opening the eyes to these individuals to the fact that without dreams the work is not grounded nor truly founded. His expressions of how he had dreams as a child and how he had chased those dreams as an adult were what made him an extraordinary Professor. A man who could see the importance of other’s dreams, and help them to reach for those dreams, made him a visionary.
He touched on so many fundamental ideas of leading a productive life, perseverance, enthusiasm, love, respect, as well as how to interact positively with people from all walks of your life. All of these fundamentals as well as many more ideals of truth and justice, were his legacy to his students, as well I’m sure, to his peers. He believed in life being an exploration, full of wonder, and dreams and I believe he imparted this in his position as a Professor.
One aspect to his lecture I found particularly motivating was that sometimes walls are not put there to keep you out! Now I know that some people probably completely missed this point, and probably may never completely recognize this truth. However, I saw Dr. Pausch’s statement as an exact replica of some of the situations of my life. I found this a unique understanding from a man who had followed so many of his dreams, and imagined that he used this as an explanation to many of his students when they were struggling to reach their own dreams. Randy Pausch used his life experiences and his personal dreams to assist his students. His method of teaching was life is worth dreaming everything you can dream and working as hard as possible to reach it!
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