Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pauschwas an American professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon Universityin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth23 October 1950
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
real educational keys
One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.
real reading vacation
Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.
real science people
Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.
real self get-better
educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective. The only way any of us can improve—as Coach Graham taught me—is if we develop a real ability to assess ourselves. If we can’t accurately do that, how can we tell if we’re getting better or worse?
doctor great helps relish took
My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
beat tried
I'm not going to beat the cancer. I tried really hard... but sometimes you're just not going to beat the thing... I wanted to walk off the stage and say anything I thought was important; I had my hour.
field games knew played scoreboard walk
I played in football games where you walk off the field and the scoreboard didn't end up the way you wanted. But you knew that you really did give it all. And the other team was too strong.
life
There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.
grow health measured months success
Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
kids
If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
entirely family time
I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.
choosing dying
I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.
I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term.
labs miraculous people
I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.