The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch is a brilliant writer and well recognized college professor for a University.
Randy has taken on the challenge of writing what he has referred to as “The Last Lecture”. In his book, he reflects to his childhood, which all have played a role in shaping him into the man he is. It was in his boyhood that he developed all these traits, visions and morals. Randy’s juvenescence was an influence on the positive person he developed to be. Randy pertains to a childhood memory, The Parent Lottery, because he believed his parents did a great job raising him. Randy’s mother was a tough educator. She was hard-bitten with her children as well as her students when it came to academics. “As her son, I knew a thing or two about her high …show more content…
Captain Kirk was the reason behind Randy’s Virtual reality project. He had developed a space ship that imitated the one in Star Trek to show William Shatner when he came to visit. It was Shatners leadership skills that captured the young Randy. He wanted to be like him. In many ways, he did very so become like Captain Kirk. He was the leader of his own enterprise; virtual reality lab. He also walked around with his own source of communication device, the cell phone, which he believed Captain Kirk introduced us to back then. It was his project that caught Shatners attention. If it wasn’t for Captain Kirks influence, would Randy have come up with virtual reality? How amazing is that to fulfill a childhood dream! “I don’t believe in a no-win scenario” James T. Kirk of Star Trek. This was the quote that William Shatner wrote on a poster for Randy after learning of his battle with cancer. This was one of Randy’s most memorable quotes from his childhood hero. In Essence, Randy Pausch’s childhood was a major influence on the setting of his book. With his parents influence on being resourceful and optimistic he has achieved many of his goals. Even achieving a PhD and writing book on Virtual Reality. He has the confidence Coach Graham built in him to do anything he put his mind to. Lastly, William Shatner came to visit his virtual reality lab, who was Randy’s childhood hero. If it wasn’t for these key points in Randy Pausch’ s childhood, would they have been a Randy Pausch? I don’t believe so. His childhood was