Compléter LL Chapter 44 GapfillVersion en ligne A gapfill based on Chapter 44 of The Last Lecture par John E 1 that education thanked thank complete you tangible just University do counsel to precedent world NOT LONG after I got tenure at the of Virginia , I took my entire fifteen - person research team down to Disney World for a week as my way of saying . A fellow professor took me aside and said , " Randy , how could you do that ? " Perhaps he thought I was setting a that other soon - to - be - tenured professors would be unwilling to equal . " How could I do that ? " I answered . " These people just worked their butts off and got me the best job in the for life . How could I not do that ? " So the sixteen of us headed down to Florida in a large van . We had a blast , and I made sure we all got some with our entertainment , too . A long the way , ? The Disney trip was gratitude easily delivered . It was a gift , and it was perfect because it was an experience I could share with people I cared about . Not everyone is so easily , however . One of my greatest mentors was Andy van Dam , my computer science professor when I was at Brown . He gave me wise . He changed my life . I could never adequately pay him back , so I just have to pay it forward . I always liked telling my students : " Go out and do for others what somebody did for you . " Riding down to Disney World , talking to my students about their dreams and goals , I was trying my best .