The Last Lecture - 7 - I Never Made It to the NFL

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What is a head fake?

• A football player will move his head one way, so you'll think he's going in that direction.

• It teaches peole things they don't realize they're learning until later.

• Playing football with a helmet made of foam.

• It's getting in someone's head and messing with their hopes and feelings.

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How does the central idea of “I Never Made it to the NFL” compare to “The Parent Lottery”?

Select the most complete and accurate answer.

• Both stories explain how the impact of these adults changed his childhood.

• The stories use different experiences with these adults to explain his belief that having high expectations placed on you and not being “coddled” make people more successful in life.

• The examples of both stories show how he had to overcome hardships in his life that helped make him a stronger adult.

• The examples in the football story tell us that one should overlook harshness from people in order to be successful, and the stories about his parents help us understand how being being denied luxuries as a child will help one want a better life as an adult.

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Considering the two texts, how does the central idea of “I Never Made it to the NFL” differ from “The Parent Lottery”?

• The central idea of the NFL chapter focuses on not being coddled in the face of adversity, and the “Parent Lottery” central idea is about how not having a lot money will keep you from having the happiest life.

• The central idea of the NFL chapter is about learning to deal with people in power over you, and the “Parent Lottery” focuses on the benefits of how having loving parents in your life will guarantee a happy life.

• Both stories talk about his childhood experiences that helped shape him, but there is no correlation in the central idea of these two chapters.

• The central idea of the NFL chapter is that adversity that can make us stronger will make us better people, and the central idea of the “Parent Lottery” focuses on his parents showed how sacrifice and caring for others was the most important trait in their lives.

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How does the author use characters, events, or ideas to convey the central idea of the text?

• Pausch uses the contrast of the benefit of not being coddled with the description of the harshness of his coach as being mean and demanding, to help the reader understand the central idea of how brick walls are there to help us become better people.

• Pausch uses the description of the boys being denied water to show how he had suffered as a child, but still turned out OK.

• Pausch wants the reader to realize he did not have an easy childhood, but still managed to be successful.

• Pausch tells us this story to let us know he considers not having gotten into the NFL to be a major defeat, but he managed to overcome that “brick wall” by finding another career.

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How does the author structure their argument?

• Pausch uses compare and contrast because he is showing how his life started with hardship, but ended with great success.

• Pausch uses sequence of events to help us follow the timeline of events in his life that will explain why he had to give up on some of his dreams.’

• Pausch uses cause and effect to show how the lesson learned from these adults in his childhood were the reason he had grit and determination in his adulthood.

• Pausch uses problem and solution to explain how he had hardship in his childhood and realized he had to try hard as an adult to have a happy life.

What reason does Pausch use this story to support his claim that "fundamentals" were the greatest gift from Coach Graham.

• If you don't know the fundamentals, you won't stand a chance for winning the game.

• The team simply didn't learn the fundamentals, and Pausch considered that their biggest mistake.

• If you don't get the fundamentals down, trying to learn more complicated things will not work.

• Kids today just don't take the time to learn fundamental of anything.

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Given the examples and the explanation of what he thought was important about playing sports, what would you say he valued most?

• Grit.

• Skill

• Intelligence

• Winning.

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