Randy Pausch has died. At 47.
Like other people, I found out about Pausch through his You Tube "last lecture." After viewing the first 10 minutes of it, I was hooked, mainly because he said "you can tell the nerds early," regarding his goal to write a encyclopedia entry.
As a fellow educator (and fellow nerd), I felt that he embodied everything that educators should be... funny, supportive, intelligent, fair, hard working and polite. I wish I could be more like him.
For the world to have lost such a wonderful person... a person who inspires you to be better...is a travesty.
I can't put into words how much his lecture changed the way I thought. How it made me feel accepted...kind of like the way I felt when I went to grad school.
It was good to know there are other people out there who think like you...
And, it's good to know there are those out there that you strive to be like.
My hope is that his life lessons are not lost, but endeared.
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