{"id":6949,"date":"2010-06-15T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=6949"},"modified":"2010-05-19T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T16:54:36","slug":"the-last-lecture-by-randy-pausch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-last-lecture-by-randy-pausch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2062327\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Last-Lecture.jpg?resize=243%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Last-Lecture.jpg?resize=243%2C300&amp;ssl=1 243w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Last-Lecture.jpg?w=325&amp;ssl=1 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>The audiobook, <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2062327\" target=\"_blank\">The Last Lecture<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Randy Pausch,\u00a0 read by the author, \u00a0is bittersweet because he and the audience know his time is short. A computer professor who is aware that he has\u00a0less than a year\u00a0to live wants to leave his children and students\u00a0a legacy of\u00a0the\u00a0principles, ideas and beliefs he has gathered over the years.<\/p>\n<p>In this lecture, &#8220;Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,&#8221; Pausch is brutally honest about himself and his disease, yet he never loses his sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p>Parenthood, marriage,education, science and Walt Disney are all examined. He is not falsely modest, and attributes his success to being able to learn from others and his mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>It makes you wonder &#8211;\u00a0what lessons you would impart to the next generation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The audiobook, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch,\u00a0 read by the author, \u00a0is bittersweet because he and the audience know his time is short. A computer professor who is aware that he has\u00a0less than a year\u00a0to live wants to leave his children and students\u00a0a legacy of\u00a0the\u00a0principles, ideas and beliefs he<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-last-lecture-by-randy-pausch\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,8],"tags":[255,246,1209,1207,1210,1208],"class_list":["post-6949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","category-staff-picks","tag-cancer","tag-death","tag-facing-death","tag-inspiration","tag-legacy","tag-life-lessons"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1O5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6949"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6963,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6949\/revisions\/6963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}