CMU Prof Randy Pautsch The Last Lecture- Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

 THE LAST LECTURE - ACHIEVING YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 6:30 PM

SCHS CHOIR ROOM-Room 56

The Santa Cruz High PTA is proud to present a viewing and moderated discussion of Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Professor Randy Pautsch’s, “The Last Lecture - Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”.  Randy was a rockstar - a highly popular professor who routinely packed an auditorium.  The film features his last impassioned lecture before pancreatic cancer claimed his life.

The film is about defining your goals, and things you are good at, and then going after them. It is intended to be both motivational and thought provoking, and is for both parents and students.  There will be a moderated discussion following the film led by SCHS parent Sandy Wells, with two students from the Principal’s Advisory Committee.

To help you get the most out of the event, please think in advance how you’d answer the following questions. You will have an option to share your answers, but you won’t be required to share.

1. Do you have dreams for your future? Write down a few.

2. What is your plan for achieving these dreams?

3. Are there dreams you had when you were younger that you’ve given up on, outgrown, or revised?

4. If you are a parent, are there dreams that you had as a child that you’ve not realized? If so, what do you think prevented you from achieving them?

5. Do you have someone in your life who is helping you achieve a dream?

6. List three things that you’re good at.