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    oxygen in the incubator as a premature baby. So he was diagnosis with retinopathy of prematurity, which made him blind. Wonder had numerous talents that he showed, which people recognize first in his church choir in Detroit, Michigan, where he and his family moved to when he was 4 years old. However, in his new home of Detroit, Michigan, denying his disability, he realized his calling and discovered 6 senses for music. Stevie use to play drums on pots and pans, and when he played them it was…

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    Randy Pausch's Success

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    South African politician, Nelson Mandela once said, “Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.” Randy Pausch was a college professor, who unfortunately passed away from pancreatic cancer. Randy’s parents gave him a wonderful childhood, in return, he had a lot of success. An abundance of children today dream of having a childhood like Randy Pausch’s. When Randy was a child, he had freedoms that children today do not get to encounter. His parents would encourage him to paint on…

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    The premise of this speech is to cover everything you would want to say if you were hypothetically dying and more specificly whatlessons and life experiences Randy Pausch wants to convey to his children . Randy Pausch starts with the “elephant in the room”, Pausch’s diagnosis of terminal cancer serves as an emotional backdrop for this lecture, slightly using ethos persuasive nature to attract the audience’s attention. In addition to revealing some of life’s important lessons, Pausch’s speech…

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    the chance to say goodbye to his loved ones. He wanted to make sure he left a part of him in the physical world for his children to remember him by. Instead of lying in a bed waiting to die he took it upon himself to make lifelong memories with his family. Randy turned the most unpleasant situation in his life into an opportunity to make his…

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    Complaining about your problems, is not a game plan that will lead to fixing them. Allm it leads to is feeling bad about whatever is going on in your world. You need to learn to face your problems head on instead of waiting for a solution to find its way to you. I have learned that even when things look grim, screaming abtu it, is inefficient and won’t…

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    children I am always around start to say and do the things that I do. It is easy to get them to say and do what I do. They copy my actions and sometimes my speech. You never know what they will repeat, so do not say or do anything that you would not want your child to say or do. They may end up making you look bad or embarrassing you by copying what you do when it is something they should not. I want to set a good example for the children that look up to…

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    knowing who his actual birth parents were, in his community married couples submitted an application to have children. Once the community children turned one-year old they are handpicked by the Elders and then given to a selected family. His family were like most families in the community, his father was a Nurturer and his mother worked in the Department of Justice. When Jonas was twelve years old, he attended the Ceremony…

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    Mosby, is revealed as the protagonist and hopeless romantic in the show How I Met Your Mother. The creators, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, made up the show at a time where sitcoms were a thing of the past and did not realize they were going to shake up Television history. (‘Legen-wait for it-dary') Steven Johnson, refers to how television shows have become more complex since the creation of television. How I Met Your Mother shows Steven Johnson’s theory throughout the series. The story is told…

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    In the speech, “The Last Lecture”. Given Randy Pausch gives advice to the listener from personal experience. Addressing what he believes to be good advice. He aims to leave the audience with a positive outlook on life and wanting them to learn to take challenges with stride and appreciate life. This presentation touches the hearts of many listeners and delivers his final messages beautifully. Moveover his words carry a lot of meaning and through them we see what he wants to convey. With…

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    Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow that made its debut in early 2008. The book reached the New York Times Best Selling list, and stayed for about 112 weeks, which explains the 4.23/ 5 rating received from Goodreads. The book is based on "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", the last lecture, Pausch was able to perform back in September 2008. The book is essentially about a university professor who summarized what he has learned throughout his career to a vast audience. This book is a dose of…

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