Which statement from Last Lecture includes advice about how to be successful?
Read the excerpt from The Last Lecture.So I called up my mentor, and I called up Andy Van Dam. And I said, Andy, I just gave a two-week assignment, and they came back and did stuff that if I had given them a whole semester I would have given them all As. Sensei, what do I do? [laughter] And Andy thought for a minute and he said, you go back into class tomorrow and you look them in the eye and you say, "Guys, that was pretty good, but I know you can do better.” [laughter] And that was exactly the right advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don’t know where the bar should be, and you’re only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere. And boy was that good advice because they just kept going. . . .
The overall structure of Pausch's Last Lecture supports his purpose of enabling the childhood dreams of others because it allows him to
Read the sentences from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.And I assure you I am not in denial. It’s not like I’m not aware of what’s going on.
Read this excerpt from "An Address Delivered to the Oxford School of Science and Art at the Distribution of Prizes."Ladies and Gentlemen,You will not expect me, in complying with the custom which requires your Chairman to address a few words to you before distributing the prizes, to give you instruction about Art or Science. One who was educated, as I was, under the old system, can hardly see without a pang the improvement that has been made in education since his time. In a public school, in my day, you learned nothing of Science, Art, or Music. Having received nothing, I have nothing to give. Fortunately, the only thing of importance to be said this evening can be said without technical knowledge of any kind. The School of Art needs better accommodation.
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