THE LAST LECTURE

A Guide for Educators, Parents, and Book Clubs

The Last Lecture is a memoir, a celebration of life, and a testament to the power of childhood dreams. But it is also, perhaps most of all, a book of lessons. The book is filled with all the ideas and observations that Randy Pausch wanted to share with his three young children. “These are the things I won’t get the chance to tell them over the next twenty years,” he said. “I’m trying to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for them.”After the book was released, Randy was most moved and pleased to learn that educators — middle- and high-school teachers, as well as college professors — were showing the video of his lecture to their students, and then using the book as a companion teaching tool. Randy was also thrilled to receive countless emails from parents saying that the lessons in the book were resonating in their households, too — that they were using the book to spark a dialogue with their own children. click here .PDF file more