The Last Lecture Randy Pausch

         The last lecture is Randy Pausch's key lecture to emphasize what he has to say before he dies which was a year later in 2008.  I believe Pausch's lecture was very inspiring to both parenting, teaching, and to living life as an innovative student.  As a parent, he found both imagination, criticism, and brick walls useful. Imagination and motivation will make a person innovative.  Criticism means that people haven't given up on you.  Brick walls and failure are great, according to him.  "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."  If a person wanted something enough, they would find a way to break through that wall.
         As a teacher, Pausch seems brilliant.  He assigned work that allowed for a great amount of freedom and gave his students the capability to set their own bars.  He was blown away by their performance, and took his mentor's advice and didn't set the bar for their work.  I definitely approve of multiple department efforts in a classroom work.  In real life works this will always be the case Control Alt Delete...That was a pretty creepy yet amusing part of Pausch's lecture.  Those students did some fantastic work on their 3D environment.  
         As a student, i think i should find ways to break through my brick walls.  I do not want to break through most of them however.  I'm going to have issues graduating next semester if my grades don't look right.  If grades dont improve in some aspects i will likely require another semester.  Systems is one of the subjects that i find a brick wall in.  I've repeated twice different courses in that branch of computer science.  I feel like this brick wall has been good for me.  When i first started computer science i wasn't quite sure what i wanted to do in it.  I was willing to take a future job in almost any industry.  Over time i have found i was more imaginative and innovative in other areas then systems work.  That wasnt the only wall in CS that I've found.  These brick walls have made me realize what i want to do with my life in computer science. Something that I will enjoy being a part of will make my work all the better just like the 3D student team.