Question

excerpt from the last lecture. ... so i called up my mentor, and i called up andy van ... i just gave a two - week ... and they came back and did stuff that if i had given them a whole semester i would have given ... all. smiles, what do i do? laughter and andy thought for a minute and he said, you go back into class tomorrow and you look them in the eye and you say, guys, that was pretty good, but i know you can do better. laughter and that was exactly the right advice. because what he said was, you obviously dont know where the bar should be, and youre only going to do better by raising it anywhere. and boy was ... that advice like was just kept going. ... based on this excerpt, randy pausch believes his students
○ need strict limits in order to succeed
○ are capable of completing any task
○ possess a great deal of potential
○ often change their life goals

Explanation:

The excerpt shows Randy Pausch's view on students' potential (he mentions a student who was good and could do better with advice, implying potential) and that they can achieve with guidance, not needing strict limits. The option "need strict limits in order to succeed" goes against this as the text doesn't suggest strict limits are needed. The other options align: students can complete tasks (capable), have potential, and may change goals (implied by growth/guidance context). So the incorrect one is the first option.

Answer:

A. need strict limits in order to succeed