Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin is an interesting woman. I have not seen the movie, so I am not all too familiar with her life other than what was said in the presentation and from the murmurs I overheard while there. I think there were two main points I really took away at a personal level from her presentation:

1. I learned a little about myself. Now I'm not saying there is anything life altering in this, but she spoke a lot of visual learning, seeing pictures and watching movies in your head. That is how I am. That's how my brain works. So a lot of what she said, I could relate to. Some of the things she suggested, I can use to train my brain as well.

2. Problem solving with the application towards learning. When she was answering questions, there were a couple about how to get disabled children to learn, and she simply said have them learn in relation to their interests. I figured, just because they are mentally handicapped, we are not that much different? So if I need to learn something, why not relate it to basketball? I think she had a point. And i think that if done correctly, with practice, it will only be beneficial.