DISCUSSION 6

Please note that the video is over one hour long, so make sure that you set aside enough time to watch the entire video and submit your responses to this discussion Discussion No.6: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, by 11:59 pm on Friday 5/17/2024.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TO SUBMIT 5 OUT OF 6 DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERM, (UNLESS YOU DID NOT GET FULL CREDIT FOR ONE OF THE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS). IN OTHER WORDS, CANVAS WILL AUTOMATICALLY DROP YOUR LOWEST DISCUSSION GRADE. 

Instructions: 

LISTEN TO THE LAST LECTURE BY RANDY PAUSCH AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. AS YOU WATCH, MAKE NOTES OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAYS THAT TOUCH YOUR LIFE. IN 400-600 WORDS, WRITE A SUMMARY OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT HIS ATTITUDE AND HIS APPROACH TO FACING DEATH, AND HOW IT IMPACTS AND ALIGNS WITH YOURS.

Some questions to consider:

What does he feel is most important?

WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS MOST IMPORTANT?

How would his advice change you as a parent?

How does he believe we should approach life and death? How do you?

How do you feel his family will be able to handle his death? Why?

Do you believe he has ego integrity or despair as he faces this?

Once again, do NOT write in question/answer format.

IMPORTANT: You MUST do both of the following to earn full credit: 

You must reference the timeline of the video when you make comments related to the above (or any other) parts of the video. That is, you need to write “at 36:27 Randy mentions….” 

• You must reference at least three different moments that resonate with you.