Inspiring Others

It is a sort of continuation of my previous post on the ability of a teacher to influence . Most of us who watched the "Last Lecture" on youtube and or read his book would acknowledge the influence that Prof Randy Pausch has had on many of us.

I first heard about his last lecture through the a newspaper article written in the local newspaper where it said that a lecture by an unknown Prof was getting viewed times on the youtube. Yes, it is true that two years back he was a unknown Professor, but today through his lecture he has touched so many people across the world that .................

Unfortunately he lost his battle with cancer on the 25th of July. New links

But then he would go on to live through his last lecture and the influence he has had on so many of us..........

I don't know if one were given a choice of living two years in which one is able to influence the lives of so many versus staying on and living till 80 years ...........