Blog Post 7

I can say that this lecture is one of the best ways to really look at yourself and try to understand how you want to live your life. Many people don't know how to really be the person they want to be, or they don't know what their purpose is in life. In this video Randy Pausch shows us how his life was effected by others and how his ways can be a guideline to all our lives. He talks about the importance of dreaming and how our childhood dreams make us strive to become good people. He talks about leadership and how it can create such a good thing for everyone that is connected with you. He also talks about the importance that we can't do everything by ourselves.

I think one thing that Pausch said that really made me think was fundamentals. I really think that the importance of fundamentals is really something you have to experience to really know why it is so important. Students who are going to the next grade and don't remember the fundamentals of math shows me the importance of fundamentals, because how can they learn the more involved things if the fundamentals are not there? I really want to make sure that I teach fundamentals as much as i can so that my students don't have to be burdened with relearning something they should already know.

Leadership is something that I lacked in high school and for most of the time I've been in college. I really think that leadership is something I need to possess while I'm a teacher as well as all teachers. Just as he pointed out, Captain Kirk wasn't the smartest on the ship but he was the one who had the most leadership. If I can show leadership in my classroom, I think that it will rub off on some of my students. If my students can show leadership where they work, or whatever they decide to do, they can pass that on to the next person they met or accompany.

We can't do everything ourselves! In this video, Randy Pausch talks about how he couldn't have done anything he accomplished without someone's help. I know I couldn't have gotten into college without the help of all my teachers and of course, my family. I know as a teacher, I will not be able to have a successful career as a teacher without the help of my peers or my families support. I know that everyone has their own way to help others. Maybe my way of helping others is to teach my students so they will learn the little things in life from me. I hope I can also be the person that helps someone else.