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= media type="custom" key="4068281" width="79" height="85" = =Jeffrey Zaslow, co-author of //The Last Lecture//, will be at CB South on Tuesday, September 17th to speak to the Class of 2011! = = = = = = = = This year, CB South is launching its first ever //One Book // reading program. Our vision is to bring the members of the high school learning community together by giving students, faculty, staff, and administrators the opportunity to read and discuss a common book. In the future, we hope to expand to a school-wide program (much as //One Book //, //One Philadelphia // is a city-wide endeavor)—but for now, we’re starting with the Class of 2011 and a //One Book, One Grade // approach. =  = The Last Lecture = = For this summer’s selection, the OBOS committee has chosen a book highly recommended by CB South faculty and staff members: //The Last Lecture//, a national bestseller written by Randy Pausch. Although this book is organized into short, easy-to-read chapters, the content of //The Last Lecture// is anything but frivolous. Rather, this book causes the reader to consider important values and assumptions about dying and the choices we make each day that we live. A computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch learned in 2007 that he had terminal pancreatic cancer. Soon afterward, he gave a lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” Witty and poignant, the lecture has since been viewed millions of times on YouTube. Widespread interest in the video eventually inspired Pausch to write this collection of brief essays in which the author elaborates on his experiences, and uses humor to pass along many of the lessons he learned during his unfortunately short, but successful life.  = = = =**Check out what CB South says about The Last Lecture**=