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The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch Essay

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To what extent are we honest about our place in the universe? I have a question for the previous question. Does it really matter where we are physically? We know we live on Earth, which is in the Milky Way Galaxy only a small portion of the large expanse that we know is our universe. The truth of it is that it can go on forever and ever and we wouldn’t know. We are so insignificant, it’s hard to comprehend, to the larger picture that the universe is, but even though we are miniscule grains of sand in this life we have a huge impact. Our legacy that we leave behind is more important than where we are physically. Randy Pausch would agree with the above statements. He was told that he only had months to live because his pancreatic cancer was taking over his vitals. Pausch could have easily decided to mope around and become a recluse, but he did the opposite. He inspired many with his speech “The Last Lecture” when his purpose of writing it was for his three little kids. He knew the value of life. He said, “The talk isn’t just about how to achieve your childhood dreams. It’s much broader than that. It’s about how to live your life…” We never know what day with be our last. It could easily be tomorrow or in a few hours. That is why we need to look at the bigger picture. We need to think about …show more content…

Calvin brings into account how we learn our life on Earth is fleeting. He then asks several questions many of us ask on a daily basis. “Is our quick experience here pointless? Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?” The answers may vary for each individual. We have all felt or will at one time that we have no point in this life. Life is as fleeting as an unachievable dream. We have to decide for ourselves how we are going to answer the questions Calvin

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As Calvin continued to preach on salvation by grace through faith he also was working on implementing this into the government system and reforming the church even further. Calvin was invited to Geneva to work with the government and reform the city. He strived to create a city that was a reflection of Christian principles hoping it to be a “model Christian city”. He didn’t want just the government to be built upon these principles he wanted to get into the everyday lives of the people and make sure social aspects were built upon God’s authority. This was implemented by having elders of the church also be magistrates in the city.

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Randy Pausch who wrote ‘The Last Lecture’ was born on October 23,1960 he was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He was not only a brilliant teacher but was also a very well known researcher who worked with Adobe, Google, etc. He was one of the best and respected professor, he brought artists, dramatists, designers all together to break new ground by working with computer scientists. He as a professor inspired a lot of students in classroom.

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Predestination states that you are preselected to receive salvation or damnation upon death. Calvin preached that everyone was predestined and you could never know exactly which you were destined. However, he did identify three tests that give insight into thos that would be saved after death.

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