Randy Paush

When I heard Randy Pausch's story I was shocked. I actually heard about it on Oprah one day when I was passing the television. My dad had liver cancer so his story really related to me. I listened to his story, and was touched in two minutes. I was astonished that a man to act so unselfishly, and think not of himself and dying but of his family and how they were going to be taken care of.
One teaching tactic that I learned from Pausch is to push your students. Pausch did not accept anything but the best from his students, and would push them and push them until he got what he thought they were fully capable of doing. I want to be able to do this with my students. The thing about Pausch is that while pushing his students he never came off as negative or hard, he came off as caring.
Paush is an amazing person and I hope that his legacy will live forever. It is a shame that someone so great has to leave this earth so soon.
Pausch has an inspiring story, and I am happy that his story lives on even after he is gone. His children have an extraordinary father, and should be proud. Pausch is an inspiration to anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer and to all teachers.