L'ultima lezione ai suoi studenti è stata registrata e - messa in Rete - ha avuto un successo strepitoso (guarda il suo intervento alla trasmissione di Oprah Winphrey sottotitolato in italiano). Pausch parla dei sogni di quando era bambino, dell'importanza di sognare e della possibilità di realizzare i propri desideri. «Non possiamo cambiare le carte che ci vengono servite, solo il modo in cui giochiamo la mano» è la celebre frase con cui il 18 settembre ha spiegato ai ragazzi l'importanza di non rinunciare mai a vivere, in un discorso piena di umorismo e ottimismo. INNO ALLA VITA - Una lezione di vita, un saluto profondo che ha commosso non solo gli allievi della Carnegie Mellon ma tutto il mondo. E che è diventato un libro tradotto in 30 lingue ed edito in Italia da Rizzoli ( «L'ultima lezione. La vita spiegata da un uomo che muore»), in cui i temi della last lection vengono sviluppati e approfonditi. «Ho un problema di sistema - aveva annunciato il docente di fronte a 400 studenti -. Benché abbia sempre goduto di forma fisica strepitosa, ho ben dieci metastasi al fegato e mi restano solo pochi mesi di vita». L'incontro finale tra il docente e i suoi studenti, tra ironia e riflessioni profonde, si era trasformato in un commosso inno alla vita. «Trovate la vostra passione e seguitela - disse -, non smettete di cercarla perché altrimenti ciò che state facendo è solo aspettare la Mietitrice». Lui, citato da Time tra le cento persone più influenti del mondo, la morte l'ha affrontata a viso aperto: «Non la battiamo vivendo più a lungo, ma vivendo bene e pienamente, perché ella verrà per tutti noi» aveva detto. Pausch, 47, a computer science professor, delivered the lecture, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007, a month after being told he had three to six months to live because his cancer had returned. The lanky, energetic Pausch talked about goals he had accomplished, like experiencing zero gravity and creating Disney attractions, and those he had not, including becoming a professional football player. He used rejections he was handed when he applied for jobs at Disney to comment on the importance of persistence. "The brick walls are there for a reason ... to show us how badly we want something," he said. "Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people." Video Watch what Pausch did for his wife » Starting with a joke about "a deathbed conversion" -- "I just bought a Macintosh" computer -- the educator went on to say that one of his childhood dreams was to write an entry in the World Book Encyclopedia. "I guess you can tell the nerds early," he added. Don't Miss * Oprah.com: Life lessons with Randy Pausch * Time.com: Randy Pausch, life teacher * YouTube: Randy Pausch's 'Last Lecture' An expert in virtual reality, Pausch did go on to write an encyclopedia entry on the subject. He discussed his fondness for winning stuffed animals at fairs, showed a slide of them, then -- pretending to be concerned his audience would think the image had been digitally manipulated -- produced them onstage. Donning silly costume items like a vest with arrows sticking out of it and a Mad Hatter's hat, he described working with students as a way to help other people achieve their dreams. He also played down his own importance, saying that after he got a Ph.D., his mother took to introducing him as "a doctor, but not the kind who helps people." The lecture has been viewed more than 3.2 million times since it was posted on YouTube in December. Pausch co-founded the university's Entertainment Technology Center and was known for developing interdisciplinary courses and research projects that attracted new students to the field of computer science. He also spent his career encouraging computer scientists to collaborate with artists, dramatists and designers, Carnegie Mellon said. The university's president, Jared Cohon, described Pausch as "a brilliant researcher and gifted teacher." "His love of teaching, his sense of fun and his brilliance came together in the Alice project, which teaches students computer programming while enabling them to do something fun -- making animated movies and games," Cohon added. "Carnegie Mellon -- and the world -- are better places for having had Randy Pausch in them." Pausch describes Cohon urging him to talk about having fun in his lecture, and telling him it's difficult because it's like asking a fish to talk about water. Author: fashion887 Keywords: randy paush stefano siviero news tumore tumori pancreas al fegato giovane 47 anni papà figli paradiso scienze biologiche uomo d'animo forte inno alla vita vivere non morire mai morte tristezza triste Pausch last lecture really achieving your childhood dreams july 25 2008 cancer motivating carnegie mellon journal cnn gossip life istruzione inspirational Added: July 26, 2008
