Responding to Temple Grandin
What was, for you, the most powerful image you saw in the film, Temple Grandin? Why did you find it powerful? Answer in a short paragraph of about 100 to 125 words.
For "Temple Grandin: The Non-Whisperer" answer the following:
Write about anything that stays on your mind after reading. Quote John Allemang once in your answer. Write about 100 to 125 words.
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The image I find most powerful is of Temple Grandin’s hand, fingers splayed out, as she slides it along a cow’s flank and then feels its heart beat. The heartbeat makes the tips of her fingers move a little along with the powerful rhythm (and the sound of the heart dominates, too). The image occurs twice, once when she first spends time with cows at the ranch and again at a stylized slaughterhouse near the end of the film. For me it is a clear reminder that a cow is a living breathing creature, one that we choose to eat and that makes me agree more strongly with her saying, “Nature is cruel, but we don’t need to be.”—119 words
My daughter had pet gerbils when she was young and we believed we had treated them humanely. In fact, I remember well seeing them digging (happily, I thought at the time) in the corner of the cage with “wood shavings flying.” That we were actually being cruel is something I had never considered. That the cute little gerbils were “desperate to hide” makes me wonder if we hadn’t shortened their lives somehow by making them waste all that energy! In that, Temple Grandin has helped me to be more human, for what is more human than wanting to alleviate and prevent unnecessary suffering?—103 words
The image that stayed in my mind the clearest is of Temple Grandin being worked up into such a frenzy and what she did to relieve her stress. I still picture her walking down the hallway, and noticing her name wasn't on the door anymore. The look in her eyes was true mental anguish. Then all of a sudden an image flashed in her mind. She pictured the cows face and remembered how calm and at ease he was in the pen. Instantly she ran into the field and got inside one of her own. At that moment all her troubles seemed to wash away. This showed me that even though she is autistic, she still has a longing for that comforting feeling you get when someone (or in her case something) wraps their arms around you.
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The striking picture I saw in the movie “Temple Grandin” is the hug machine.(Actually, it is a squeeze box.) It shocked me by its way of functioning. I never thought human emotion stress can be relieved by physical squeezing. For me, I suppose a body massage or a meditation are more reasonable therapies. Temple Grandin, an autistic person, invented this device to get rid of her pressure. This unique experience inspired her another great idea: the design of metal chute for slaughterhouse. Looking at this curvaceous device, I realized how much it related to her idea of hug machine: they have same functions. This picture is powerful because it awakens our humaneness-- not only for the disadvantaged people , but also for the farm animals.
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“[T]hinking like an animal” is what I learned from Temple Grandin. I realized an autistic perspective can be so different from normal people. Autistic people visualize the world by pictures, just like animals. If those desperate parents understood how their autistic children viewing the world, it would be much easier to find a way for them to teach their children. Therefore, children with mild autism symptom may have a chance to socialize with others and gradually gain language and other social skills. Professor Grandin is lucky, as she had loving parents and teachers who took care of her growth. Her story proves that autistic people can survive and even succeed along with their disadvantages.
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Many things has been stuck in my brain after I saw this lovely movie last wednesday,but I mostly like the image of the page and how Temple able to repeat the pictures in her brain. The teacher asked Temple to answer a question about the lesson and in a very surprising way Temple answered correctly in a funny way(talking very fast) eventhough,she looked for about 2 seconds in the page.She's really an amazing visible thinker and has visual photograph,also she's a smart person becauze she can creates many things like the hug machine.Finally, it was a very happy ending for the movie when Temple hugged her mom not in a complete way, but at least she did,and her expression:" I see the world in a new way"
After seeing the amazing movie “Temple Grandin”, I though that there were a lot powerful images. Before watching this movie I couldn’t really imagine what was it like to think in pictures. One of the most striking images was how her brained worked, everything was science to her. By loving animals so much, she understood the animal behavior. This is what made her designed the new system for the cattle, so they can move more comely and comfortably. She knew cows liked to walk in circles, because they thought they were going somewhere where they have been before. This was definitely one of my favorite images from the movie; she really had a special mind and was gifted.
The most powerful images to me were the sketches drawn over the fence that encouraged Temple to construct the pull system to open and close the fence. I related to the image well because it reminds me of my way of thinking and my childhood; playing with numbers and angles to build a devise of better efficiency. The sounds incorporated with the image made me feel familiarity and comfort. I can imagine the interest Temple felt as the thought ran its course through her mind; the excitement and anticipation of bringing an idea to life. It is very fulfilling to have an image flow through my mind and then make it a reality. I enjoyed seeing a video that incorporated a creative way of thinking.
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What was left floating in my mind after I read “Temple Grandin: The Non-whisperer” by John Allemang was frustration and anger. I felt the written piece spoke to a linguistic thinking audience, and was too generalized. I became frustrated because I don’t understand how people can’t think like animals and Allemang failed to explain a “normal” person’s thought process. I was very angered by how he described Temple’s thought process in comparison to word thinking as if it were abnormal. “But then, normal, thinking humans aren’t her specialty” I was upset with this statement because I feel Allemang was not very thoughtful with his word choice. What he views as bizarre I view as reasonable and logical.
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The most impressive image that stays in my mind is of Temple Grandin’s mind visualizing every obstacle in her way as a closed door waiting for her to open. In the beginning, her science teacher in high school encouraged her (a high-function autistic person) to attend college and told her to see it as a closed door. She really believed in what he said; later, she kept seeing every challenge and obstruction as a door. I find it powerful because Temple Grandin’s way of thinking gives me insight into how to have a good sense of myself. I might blind or even paralyze myself by tuning into so many things and thinking of too much of cause and effect, so this helpful for me to know there is another way around—visualizing the big picture of my life.
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I have two cats, and I know I love them dearly because I prefer to take allergy medicine during the first two years other than sending them away. Temple Grandin has helped me realize that I was being cruel to my cats by giving them bath every two weeks and blowing dry them. They were miserable by the wetness, the laud sound of hair dryer and the heat. My cleanness standard takes quite a toll on their happiness. Now, I know that if I am willing to provide them a decent life, I should “approach them more on their terms than on” my.
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The repetition of “the door” scenes was the most powerful image I found in Temple Grandin’s film. The doors separated Temple’s world from the society. Obviously, autistic Temple strongly felt comfortable and safe in her own world while she was so frustrating to communicate with outsiders whom were unfriendly or uncooperative. I was panting and hot every time when Temple was in front of a door. How myriad level of braveness was Temple needed to open it? But I also cheered for Temple’s successful achievements. Of cause, every miracle needs a hand, and Temple was so lucky having trustworthy friends and teachers behind her, providing her with tools and materials, as well as space and freedom. These strong supporting power enabled Temple to be brave enough to open the door connecting to outsiders.
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Temple Grandin’s gifted talents allow her closely observing and communicating with wild animals in which most normal people may feel hesitant. Her study concept, “eliminating the animals fear”, is connecting to one of our society’s discussions against comfort dying. Through the methods she studies the animals’ natures; one day, it might lead to resolution of human’s comfort dying as well. All the earth’s species are unique; although Temple is an autistic person, like most of the scientists, doctors, or architects….. and so on, she plays an important role in improving our world or our quality life. We, normal people, really need to see Temple as a role model striving to make our world beautiful and perfect.
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The image that brings impact to me is when Temple visualizes a door whenever she does her new mission, and tells to herself, “This door is a new world”. The first is when she opens the unfinished plastic-covered door and the cattle field welcomes her. This is the start of her mission in spreading humane animal treatment. The second scene which fascinates me the most is when the closed white door (with bright lights effect on it) opens as she walks near the National Autism Convention stage, and her powerful words dominate the hall. This becomes her start to be an Autism advocate. This strongly motivates me not to stop opening new “doors” for they will be my accomplishments in spite of difficulties.
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I enjoy eating meat of livestock animals because it gives me nourishment. I don’t care too much how they are being killed, but as Temple shares the calming techniques and animal-chute designs, I become aware of what the people should do to reduce animals’ terror before they die. It is better to know that I’m eating a stress-free meat than a stressed meat (which went through all those “brutal” process) so I will still have a clear conscience. If only all the livestock owners could follow Temple’s principle in animal slaughtering, we could say that the animals are still given the right to live peacefully in this world before they are being eaten.
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The most powerful images I saw in this movie were about Tample when she saw something like the gate, and she could draw its’ plan in her mind at first seen. It was really amazing how fast she measured the angles; however she did not a complete view of them. The white lines she used to draw geometric pictures were fascinating. She was looking for science, and she just thought about everything scientifically. I like these images because she had particular brain, and she had special talent to see something and find the angles, structures, and clear geometric image of it. Her brain was working more like a super computer than a human.
The only thing that stayed in my mind was a question. Is it possible to think like animals? It is really hard to know their world because it “is all sensory-based - vision, smell, sound, touch, and taste.” As we saw, in the movie Tample was very sensitive to touch even her mom hugged her awkwardly. She thought herself like a cow, and she used their way (squeeze machine) to calm down not human way. For normal people it certainly difficult to know animals ’world and provide their needs. But Tample opened the new windows for us to recognize the differences and understand animals more.
The image that made a strong impression on me is the expression on the face of Temple Grandin’s mother, from anxious to proud. At the beginning of the film, she worried about Temple’s autism, but she expected a miracle. She did all what she could do to help Temple—learning science, experiencing at ranches, and going to college. Just as she said, “She is different, but not less.” She did not foster and spoil Temple, but pushed Temple to be social. When Temple was frustrated, she told her, “I respect you. I love you.” I admire her patience. At the end of the film, her face was full of excitement and pride as Temple was presenting. She got the miracle.
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I have learned from the article, an effective way to communicate with animals and other people—“to see and feel the world completely as they do.” I remember I forced my pet cat to take a shower every week when I was a child. Now I realize I inflicted cruelties on the poor cat. Thinking of the communications between my daughter and me, sometimes I completely cannot understand her. She can easily “veer to a random subject,” but I still stick to a specific idea. Is it possible that she thinks a little in pictures, but I think completely in words?
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I found that to be squeezed through a hug machine is the most powerful image that Temple Grandin like. She belived that if the hug machine can reduce cows’ anger, then it can possibly decrease a human being’s anger, too. The same way the cows were squeezed through it then they felt eligible, she tried the same thing and felt excited. So, whenever the she got upset, she went through her own hug machine, and then squeezed herself. After that (she felt better and happy) the hug machine helped her a lot because she used to get angry very fast. Even in her graduation speech she admitted that, “I wouldn’t be here without the hug machine.”
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Figuring out about, “which emotional system is driving.” an animal crazy can facilitate to solve the problem. John Allemang’s lecture, reminds me how the people back home treat animals. Dogs don’t cross street without being beaten by people. The people in my country enjoy throwing the stones against dogs and cats. So most of dogs (bite and kill) because of being treated by people. The more people “punish” them, the more people get bite, and so instead of being safe, the situation gets more “worse.” However, I think that the people back home should be more friendly with animals especially dogs to avoid a dangerous situation.
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The image that I find most powerful is of Temple Gardin’s senses. In the farm, she was able to distinguish the cows droning, and recognize that they are tormenting. Capturing the reason for the cows whining was very scientifically and geometrically .Using her eye’s measurements, in an angle mode, between the cows from one to another, to find the reason for their disturbance was enough to discover the solution. For me, I enjoyed watching this movie. It was knowledgeable because I did not know about “Autism” before. I have noticed that people who affected with this “disease” they have their own world of thinking, behaving, and treating others just like “Temple”.
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“It is hard for normal people to think like animals,” Temple Grandin says. That is what stocked in my mind because I strongly disagree with her idea. If I had to rewrite this sentence, I prefer to write it in a different way such as, “It is hard for normal people to understand the animals.” We cannot think like animals because we have brain that specialize us .ok, let’s say if we have to think like wild-animals how our life will be? We will kill each other, in order to eat, or domestic animals that are around just for playing waiting for someone to provide them food .No we cannot .We are very different we cannot think like animals, but we can understand them. From this point, we can see that Temple had a special case maybe it works for some people, but not for all humans.
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Image:
Lines, straight lines, curves and circles, wove together to a magic picture showing "Thinking in Pictures", was the most powerful image that was burned in my mind. It's so graceful when I saw the pictures which were made up by lines. Finally I found that images were a kind way of thinking. It's marvelous thinking in this way which a normal person is hard to do. Temple Grandin could get achievement somewhat because there was something like a camera in her brain and it was alive and could analyze the pictures and lines to get the truth. If a normal person had this ability, the world might be more beautiful.
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Reading:
"It's so hard for normal people to think like animals." The first sentence was flashing in my mind all along when I read the essay. Do normal people can think like animals? I don't think so. Even if "Normal people even try" to think as animals, actually that only human being pretend that they know what an animal thinks, include pet keeper and anti-cruelty campaigns. The progress of human is the fountainhead of the tragedy of animals. Their heaven is in the wild nature. Animals don't know what human think too. They never act as they know. The world of human and animals are so different that the only intersection is we live in the same planet.
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For me, it is the most powerful image that Temple met her blind roommate and chatted with her. At first, Temple’s classmates laughed at her because her behavior. Temple didn’t care about that and ignored classmates’ attitude, but nobody was her friends. Her blind roommate used hand to touch the desk and feel the shape of the desk, and remembered the voice which she had listened. She didn’t think Temple behavior is strange -- using pictures to solve everything, and Temple just uses a different method to look at the world as her. After both Temple and her blind roommate were good friends, it seemed full of warmth between them when they talked and walked together. At that time, I envied Temple had such a good friend.
After reading “The Non-Whisperer” , I corrected my original concepts. I thought I was kind to animals since childhood. Although I liked to play some animals as toys, I never tried to kill any animals. For example: putting firecrackers or cigarettes into a frog’s mouth, laying sting liquid on frog’s eyes. Before knew Temple’s comment --”it’s so hard for normal people to think like animals, ” I never felt guilty for my childhood’s behavior. Currently, I think my childhood’s behavior is cruel to animals.
It isn’t funny when I watched frogs’ shock and struggle for survival. I should adjust my attitude toward to animals although I never do the same action as childhood.
Response to the Movie
I was impressed by the “doors” in the movie. It becomes a thread and repetitively appears. One door was on a construction near by her graduation ceremony. She climbs up and pasts the door. To her, it was a level and easy through-fare leading to success. Another door was the Auto-door. Being an Autism disorder, she was picture-oriented and afraid of sound and light. In the school, as she was afraid of passing through the Auto-door at cafeteria, she threw her food and ran away. After years, with the help of a kind lady, she goes under and out of the door. The door symbolizes many difficulties in front of her, as long as she bravely passes it, the success is hers.
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Response to the Writing
“It’s so hard for normal people to think like animals,” Temple Grandin says. Being an Autism and an animal lover, Temple Grandin always dig to find the reason when animals feel uncomfortable. Based on “survival comes first”, her action to reduce and eliminate constant fears is her goal, such as her calming techniques and animal-sensitive chute designs. She is not only a role model for Autism but also for all the human beings. No matter how trivial the matter concern animals, she will find the real reason underlying the surface then try to solve it. It is the true spirits of science..
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The movie, "Temple Grandin", is such an inspiring and motivating film. What stuck in my mind most was, when her aunt asked her to open the gate to her place. With Temple, she questioned why she had to get out of the truck and physically open the gate. Her autism is revealed here by imaging the measurements, angles and distance of the entrance. I found this powerful because her intelligence, in the way she accumulates information is amazing; very specific and detailed. I could even see the amount of potential and effort she has into accomplishing anything. Her methods may seem obsured and time consuming but in the end its rewarding.
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I believe the profile written about, "Temple Grandin: the non-whisperer by John Allemang", has some fair and unfair points in the authors writing, "her intense focus doesn't make much room for her companions". The author also quotes Temple, "animal world is all sensory-based-vision, smell, sound, touch and taste", is a clear factor that should be used with all animals. There is a saying, "treat others the way you would like to be treated", proves Temples theory that a calm and comfortable process in a slaughterhouse is essential. I'm glad he at least acknowledges that Temple teaches the workers the frustrating task to create the system, "less likely to be conducted in a state of stressed-out brutality, thanks to Prof.Grandin"
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The image that impressed me most was the way she interpreted objects and movements in graphical and geometric terms. This is her method in understanding and solving problems. This was exemplified when she is organizing the forks and spoons, solving the optical illusion challenge, observing cow's patterns of movements and the eventual design of the cow's chute. This portrays the autistic she, being focused on mental imagination rather than verbal expression. Her imagination works with measurement-distance angles and gravity-to fathom objects and movements. This I say is logical. Keen observation, translated into geometric figures is her scientific approach in achieving a more realistic solution to challenges.-106 words
"An immersion course in animal emotion will let us understand the creatures." I can vividly remember how my Grandfather cared for his working animals. These are Cows and Carabaos. They are huge animals and can inflict disaster and even death when in rage. My "Apong" treated these animals very well. He let them graze when they are hungry, gave them a cool dip on the river when they got hot and thirsty and do a good Sunday shave. I witnessed these animals worked very hard and cooperative, going along with the rythm of my "Apong's" working pace in the paddy fields, under the scorching tropical heat. Being gentle and undestanding to animal's peculiar behaviour can give invaluable reward.-118 words
The movie about Temple Grandin, has many powerful images, also it helps to understand better the autistic people. The more dominant image for me was the last part, when Temple Grandin talks about herself and her mom. She was very confident and emotional about autistic people. Also I like when she includes her mother in her success having master degree. Her mother was proud of her, she really had hard time raising a child with autism, and finally her daughter found her way in her life. Temple was not friendly with her mother, and most of the time she refused her ideas, but in the end by giving this speech, she demonstrated that she understands her mom’s feelings and hard work for her.
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The image from “Temple Grandin” when they hit the cow’s forehead with iron rod still is revolving in my mind. The cow was hanging up side down. It was a really cruel picture for me. Before they hit the cow’s forehead, Grinding’s fingers stroked on the cow’s chest. The cow’s golden brown fur was back and forth. I was able to see cow’s big eyes were begging for life. I knew Grandin wanted cows to relax before they were killed, but killing someone is still cruel for me.
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