Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Last Lecture Summer Reading Assignment Randy Pausch, a computer science professor, and the author of The Last Lecture enlightened millions of people about the importance of optimism, and perseverance. Since his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer, a terminal illness, Pausch was determined to share his life experiences with those who were egger to listen. His unique writing style and life lessons make it easy for readers to relate. Randy had many moments throughout the book where he shared…

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…

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…

There are a few similarities in the character Jonas from the book The Giver and Randy in the book The Last Lecture. Jonas is a character in a novel, while The Last Lecture is based on a true story of Randy Pausch. Jonas lived in a community designed by the Elder’s as an effort to live a life of utopia. Jonas grew up not 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…

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…

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…

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…

“No, no… wear that one. With a flower in your hair!” Never in her life had Liliyana seen such a flurry of activity in the Twins. Her sisters, cousins, and aunts all swirled around her eagerly, tearing apart their wardrobes to find the perfect dress. They were to prepare for a king’s arrival and by now it was well known that one of them was meant to wed the newly crowned King in the North before he turned for the Lannisters further south. It was only a matter of which one. The prettiest had been…

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate if there is a cognitive process delay in different conditions: naming, neutral, congruent, and incongruent. One hundred and thirty-nine from Florida Atlantic University from Boca Raton, Florida participated in classroom setting experiment. The independent variable was the level of congruence in number/symbol lists; the dependent variable was the reaction time (in seconds). In my findings, the results showed a statistical difference between…

Briefly (2-3 sentences) summarize the pattern in your results. Did you follow the expected pattern? If not, why do you think that is so? The pattern I noticed during the practice trial 1 was to go through and say the colors of the words which was simple and quick. The second Stroop trial was harder because I was focusing more on the word instead of focusing on the color of the word which made it more difficult to process. I followed the expected pattern and on the second phase and it was a…