1. Presentation on by Maria Trujillo

2. In 2006 Randy Pausch, a professor of Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction and Design at Carnegie Mellon University was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Doctors told him he only had six months left to live. He was married and had three little children: Dylan, Logan and Chloe. Some time later the same year he was asked to give the traditional Last Lecture speech at Carnegie Hall University.

3. His speech was funny and interesting at the same time. It talked about childhood dreams and how to overcome the brick walls that time to time are in front of us. It is incredible that Prof. Pausch was able to achieve all his childhood dreams. It seems that only takes perseverance and willingness to do it.

4. His mentors His mom His dad Coach Jim Graham Andy van Dam “Dutch uncle”

5. Advice in how to manage time Time must be explicitly managed like money. You can always change your plan but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take time out.

6. Important Advise Be good at something: it makes you valuable. Work hard… “What’s your secret?” Find the best in everybody; no matter how much you have to wait for them to show it. Be prepared: “luck” is where preparation meets opportunity.

7. Professor Randy Pausch died in July 25, 2008 leaving all the people who have read his book and specially his family a lesson for life. I can say that reading this book helped me become a better person and I learned to believe in dreams. The part of the book that I recalled the most is: “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

8. He will always be remembered as a exceptional human being who loved to teach and gave the best of himself to his students. Even though his children are too small to remember him, this book and the other remembrances that I am sure Prof. Pausch left them will help them to know the kind of person their father was and how much he loved them.