Mr. Pausch's speech

This was a very motivating speech made by a wonderful man. He used many great learning techniques while on this earth. During the lecture, Pausch was upbeat and humorous, alternating between wisecracks. Although Mr. Pausch was dying he made it feel okay to be dying. He showed everyone that just because he was dying, did not mean that he did not achieve his dreams. Pausch found out that he could enable peoples dreams, when he had a student in his class named Tommy Burnett.This led Pausch to conduct a virtual reality class at Carnegie Mellon, to teach others as well as help them realize their childhood dreams.
Mr. Pausch gave insights on computer science and engineering education, advice on building multi-disciplinary collaborations, working in groups and interacting with other people, offering inspirational life lessons, and performing push-ups on stage. Working with other people is a plus in the field according to Pausch. . He makes the point, many times, that you need to have fun in everything you do, you need to live life to its fullest because you never know when it will be taken from you.
I believe that Mr. Pausch wanted his children to have something to remember him by, so he gave his last lecture. Words can not begin to explain how saddened i am by reading up on the life of this influential man. I do not know him personally, but watching this video makes me feel like I do. Mr. Pausch has taught me that life throws many obstacles at you, but you just have to stick it out, for better or for worse.