Blog Post #8

What Can We Learn About Teaching and Learning From Randy Pausch?

After watching Randy Paush's last lecture, I took away a lot of great advice. From the beginning, Randy makes a great point that the cards we are dealt may not be what we had in mind, but it is how one reacts to situations that makes one stronger. Everyone has obstacles but it is by that person's choice on how to overcome. To start with, Randy Paush tells the audience about childhood dreams. When, he was a child he dreamed of being a NFL football player. I remember when I was a child that I loved to dance. My parents paid for lessons and I enjoyed it, but in the long run I got a lot more out of dancing than just learning the moves. I know that as a teacher I would like to not only teach the required lesson material but also the life lessons are important.