Phillip's Blog Post number 7 for EDM310

This was a wonderful video on Randy Pausch.  He covered not only himself, but his feelings on professors, friends, and students.   He believed in the power of ourselves especially when others do not believe in us.  At the time of this video he had roughly six months to live because of several brain tumors.  He was a very cheerful and happy child and appeared that way as a adult too.  Randy had several goals in life some he got, some he had to settle on, and others he quiet didn't fully get to achieve.  This however did not slow him down or keep him from being the best person he could possibly be in life.  Randy gave a hundred and twenty percent on his life and jobs and this was very useful for him in getting him where he needed to be in life.

As teachers we have the power to influence our children in subtle and various ways from teaching them the fundamentals, to playing well with others, to not letting our set backs or brick walls as Randy put it in life keep us from accomplishing what we need to do.  We will have the power to give our children the opportunities to enjoy life, set goals, and understand each others feelings and dreams.  This more than anything is what we will really be doing when we are teaching.  Working hard in the long run is the best goal that we can set for our selves in life for most things do not come to us overnight and they generally take time as Randy also stated.


Randy taught me to take the time with my students and get to know them and enjoy their company.  The best thing of all that the students will do is surprise us from time to time if we let them do what they love. Take chances with people and they will generally reward you with good things over time and you never lose faith in your abilities as both a teacher and a learner.  The best message I took away from this was the fact that we must be willing to help all of our children.  This will be the only way that they will learn is if we take the time to give them the personal attention that they need.  We must also turn to others for guidance and support when we need it.  The most important thing we must have also is attitude, for we can either be a Tigger or an Eore' for the glass will either be half empty or half full and all of that is our point of view on things.



We must learn to fully enjoy and support our students most creative ideas and goals, for we are the people that they rely on to teach and help them understand.  We must teach children to respect each other feelings, not to complain that things do not go their way, also to work very hard at what they do, and have fun each and every day of their lives.  I learned that these things can be done if we just put our whole heart and soul into our children and do what needs to be done for them.  This will be our legacy as teachers to leave a just and fulling child or children who can look back and see the wonderful life they have had thanks to a caring and thoughtful teacher.