Learning to See: Responding to the Film, "Temple Grandin"
Write a personal response to the film. Include a
comment on one scene you liked (for example, an interesting scene early in the
film shows Temple’s mother trying to help her learn to read; other important
scenes include Temple’s college graduation speech, buying a truck, the door at
the market, visiting her professor etc.) Write 150 to 200 words in a paragraph,
word process and bring to class. Be sure
to mention specifically something we see (an image) and not only what happens.
If you missed class or wish to watch scenes again, here is a link to an online stream for the film, Temple Grandin. Be patient as the stream is slow. Pause the playback for a time to avoid buffering.
If you missed class or wish to watch scenes again, here is a link to an online stream for the film, Temple Grandin. Be patient as the stream is slow. Pause the playback for a time to avoid buffering.
18 comments:
Watching “Temple Grandin” is an amazing, beautiful and heartwarming experience. As a parent, I feel it strongly through the experiences of Temple’s mother, who through her perseverance makes all the difference to her daughter’s life. The film uses doors symbolically, but it is images of women standing on the other side of a door that stick in my mind (for example, her aunt listening to Temple play with the heating vent) more than doors opening for Temple. A flashback, which begins with Temple’s mother standing outside of her college dorm room door, shoulders slumped and her face care worn and in pain, leads us to a scene of her trying to teach Temple to read. Again and again her mother tries to get her attention, to have her read the simple words—“cat” or “dog”—but Temple is far more interested in a shiny chandelier. Because of this scene, I feel how important it is for someone who is “different, not less” to have an advocate or mentor. That Temple accepts a real hug (no matter how fleeting) at Dr. Carlock’s funeral makes me feel that all that anguish for her mother was worthwhile. The film “Temple Grandin” beautifully illustrates how a “different” person can make a positive and powerful contribution.--211 words
The movie “Temple Grandin” that I watched was a beautiful and inspiring movie. As a parent, I always want the best for my child. I can’t imagine the pain Temple’s mom went through when she was informed by the doctor that “the lack of bonding” with her child might have caused autism.It was quite insensitive that her doctor came to that kind of conclusion .Throughout the movie I felt the mom’s desperation and pain; it was admirable because she never gave up, and she was always supportive.The most difficult part of the movie was when she wasn’t able to hold and comfort her daughter during her panic attack .It was true what Dr.Carlock said to Temple once, “Think of the door, all you need to do is open it and go through it.” that is what Temple’s mom did and she never gave up, and it finally paid off when she got what she was longing for, a hug. My favorite part of the movie was when Temple was trying to build a facility to make a difference in animal husbandry and she said, “ Nature is cruel, but we don’t have to be, then I thought about how precious life is.” The film “Temple Grandin” is an excellent example of a person who was “different”’ but she made a difference in live stock industries around the world.
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After watching this extraordinary film “Temple Grandin” my vision about people
with autism completely changed. In the film I can see her mother and some other
individuals played an important role in Temple’s life. Most importantly, her
mother never gave up on her, the love and support and strong personality
brought Temple where she is today. Even if her daughter was “different” she
wanted her to have the same chance in life as others. While spending time at her
aunts cattle ranch Temple become very comfortable around animals, and
what she learned and experienced introduced her to the future. There was a very
interesting example (she used a squeeze machine, a stall that was designed to
press on the cows to calm them down and keep them still, as a hug and comfort
on herself.) Her science teacher, Mr. Carlock had a big influence on
Temple as well, he discovered her abilities and ways of learning. He was always
there to support her. At his funeral Temple gave a hug to her mother—for the
first time. That scene I found extremely touching. As a girl that never gave hugs
that gesture brought happy tears to her mother’s face. It shows that hidden
appreciation for everything her mother did. It shows how important is to—never
give up.
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Personal response to the Film Temple Gardin
I liked the film because it is a medical issues besides the personal disability and personal courage from life of the Temple Gardin. I like the film because of medical issue, Temple has Autism that makes her extra from the people. She has a disability, but she tries to go into the college, and learn something, and she has a courage to study and invent a machine for cows to move and bath, and she gets the Professor degree at Colorado University. Temple Gardin has Autism that makes her different from the people. Her mother is depressed and wants to help her, and with her mother's help , she can go to college. Before the college, she is with one of their friends and they have a stall with cows. Temple get into the " Squeez machine", and she is happy because it gives her relaxation and happiness.
I like that scene. She later makes one Squeez machine, and her friends try to get into it and explain their feelings. She has a disability, but she try to get into the University, and make something from herself. She is really a Professor, and Consultant in Livestock industry in animal behavior. It was a challenging and difficult film, but I liked it.
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“Temple Grandin” is a great movie, which is telling us a different definition of smart people. Temple is an autistic. In the past, people like her were normally labeled as disabled. However, she is well known as a kind of genius today. Temple has special intelligence of “visual thinking.” Unfortunately, at that time, few people knew about that, including the psychiatrists and her mother. Her science teacher was the first person that found her talent. He opened the first door for her connecting to the “real world” – accepted her to the boarding school, even said “she is terrific.” Temple’s aunt is another person who really understands her. She knows the way that makes Temple feel comfortable. When Temple asked her “How do you know this is my room”, she answered with writing “Temple’s room” on a piece of paper. She teaches Temple read other people’s feelings from her own face pictures. I remember the argue scene between Temple’s mother and her aunt, talking about Temple won’t back to college unless she can take hug machine with her. Her aunt says, “It works for her;” but her mother wants her follow the ordinary rules that work for everyone. That’s the real thing she is struggling with. In real world, everyone has different talent. We need to find the right mentoring way to help the people who have special minds. They deserve our respect.
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Watching the movie, Temple Grandin, was a fantastic experience I had never tasted before. It brought me great visual and mental shock about Temple’s growing history. The scene about Temple attending French class is deeply impressed on my brain. When her French teacher asked all students to read an article, she just had a look on the book, and then she could recite the whole page fluently. The teacher asked with doubt, “You learned it?” She replied, “I just looked at it. Then I have the page in my mind and can read off the page.” The French teacher had to leave with a helpless expression. As an autistic student, her behavior seemed exotic to most of commons, at the same time, she had some extraordinary born visual ability which we are diligently striving after. It seems to verify a well-known saying “When God closes a door for you often will open another one.” I admire the greatest of creator from inner heart.
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The film “Temple Grandin” is warmhearted, yet thought-provoking. Love and help had
changed Temple’s life. Her story is very inspiriting, and many scenes touch my heart. One
scene (a memory when Temple was a child) shows Temple’s mother trying to help her to speak. Her mother repeats reading words—“cat” or “dog”—and tries to catch Temple’s attention. Disappointedly, Temple gives no any response. Her mother clams her anger, but frowns worriedly. How much persistent effort does she make for Temple can speak, and learn? At school, Dr. Carlock accepts Temple as someone who is “different, not less.” It’s an
encouraging moment. Being respected, He gains an honor, when Temple lays a golden badge
on his chest, at his funeral. A kind person always “lives in people’s mind.” With kind people’s help, Temple is able to access “doors.” A scene shows that Temple is in a panic at a market: she shivers, breathes fast, and stares at an auto shutting door. A woman comes, and holds the door open for her. “An opening door” is a chance for a “different” person to improve her ability. Autistic people need our love and help to change their lives, to connect to the “real world.”
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The term of autism is not unfamiliar to me and I have watched numbers of videos related to extraordinary people with autism. Having been working with autistic children for more than a decade in Taiwan, Singapore and Canada, my wife is teaching children with special needs in Burnaby and she has shared with me her special experiences she faces daily in her work. I found the case of Temple’s autism was a mild issue. Truly, Temple is a special gifted person with extraordinary visual thinking and has made some inventions to help cattle farmers to handle the cattle gently and respectfully. Through behavior intervention and her mother’s pushing her to become self-sufficient, Temple was able to engage in a normal life and contribute her talents to the society. I like the words she has said, “I am different, but not less.” She has built her self-confidence, self-worth, and self-esteem through a “special” education system and her mother’s discipline. It is not important to what the people look at those who are impaired, but it is important for us to understand if our education systems and family supports can help those who need special cares build up their self-confidence, self-worth, and self-esteem. I believe that those who are impaired can make great contributions to the world as well if our education systems and family supports work fine.
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My personal response to this film
After I’ve finished watching the film, I’d had a deep impression with how Temple Grandin expressed her talent to everybody. Among numerous scenes when Temple did an explanation after she gets an insight, I liked the scene when she presented the mechanism of a strange visibility (about the two same objects in the box) the most. It’s because no one else expect the professor couldn’t figure it out, and they were able to convince by having Temple’s explanation. I think that was when Temple first become proud with herself and obtained the confidence that her theory can make others think. Later on Temple continues to research the oddness whatever she have noticed, and gradually it made her to acquire a masters degree in science, despite of having many terrible accidents such as being taunted or getting some mental shocks. Considering about her surroundings, I assume that it’s not only with her intelligence, but also all the supports from various people has helped a lot to bring up her to become successful. At last, I feel that this film have made me recognize the importance of others thoughtfulness, and having the belief about your own idea.
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Temple Grandin was truly a remarkable movie; it has helped us understand people with disabilities could also contribute to society and live a full life. People with disabilities are not useless in the world; in fact they may have special talents; just like Temple has the talent of visualize, she could put pictures together to make sense. She is also excellent in wood work. She made hand pull brass gate at her aunt’s cattle ranch as soon as she settle in. She also uses her visualize ability in her French class. She could resite the whole page when her teacher asked her to read in French, she could read it out without looking at the book, she said she could see pictures and connect it. Even though she doesn’t like hugs she made the -squeeze machine- to calm herself it has also enable her to complete her master’s degree of Science writing her thesis on the squeeze machine. I was really touched when she graduate, and as she sang that she did not walk alone. She has friends and family to walk through with her. After her graduate she use her skills to build the control system “the dip walk” for the slaughter farm and she also published her article in magazines. An excellent movie to help us understand that even people with disabilities can overcome obstacles she was an over comer and she has live her life with meaning.
My favorite scene from movie “Temple Grandin” is the ending scene when Temple shares her story of struggles of opening doors to connect to other people. Eustacia, here mom, had eyes full of tears to be finally acknowledged by her daughter as all her hard work paid off. She did not give up on her child to be institutionalized but rather give her normal life experiences despite the diagnosis. The movie raised many concerning topics of our society and showcased its flaws. It is convenient to follow a crowd if not, people give stares to a person for being different that the rest of the group and label them as abnormal. On a larger scale, it is used for political advancement or financial gain via lawsuits. For example, when school shooting happens a video game may be accounted for exposing a student to violence. It could be sued to gain money or take blame to distract people from getting to know the real cause of an issue. Another topic is food production shown as slaughterhouses, since the population of the world multiplies each year we as a consumer society require more resources to feed on. Food being processed results in loss of nutrients. It seems like our society growing negligent as there are less who enjoy the fruits of their own work and more who live upon toil of others.
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Watching the film “Temple Grandin” is a process of being motivated and educated. I was motivated by Temple - a “different” people could make the different things happen. I also learned a lesson about how to bring up children to fit in the society. Many images in the film had given me a deep impression. For example, Temple’s mom teaches her to speak. Temple couldn’t focus to learn speak and look at the ceiling. Temple’s mom speaks to her again and again with all patience. The other picture is Temple’s aunty persuades temple’s mom and school to allow Temple carries her squish machine with her. I am also touched by the scene at the end of the film. When Temple went to the front of the auditoria, many doors images flash in front of her eyes. As an autistic woman, Temple’s life is not easy as an ordinary people. However, she encouraged herself went through so many doors and found different world that leading her to success. I could find out, Temple’s mom and aunty contributed unimagined love, patient and understanding to her. With out their help. Temple couldn’t fit in the society and got success. I respect Temple’s spirit of perseverance and dedication. I also gained the knowledge of how to cultivate children to looking for the way to have a successful life.
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Priyadarshan Dhungana
Date: 2014-11-12
Temple Grandin is an inspiring film. I never saw this type of film, which gave ample of knowledge and energy to overcome with the disability like Autism. While watching the film, I noticed so many images on my mind. One of the strong images I saved on me was Temple’s college graduation speech. Her words and expression on that speech were an example of success with continuous effort of couching and mentorship. Happy tears on her mother’s eye during that time was the symbol of success and happiness. I remember the words of Napoléon Bonaparte, “Give me a good mother and I shall give you a good nation”. All the mothers of disable people should have the passion and courage like temple’s mother. Temple’s graduation speech was the output of courage and hard work of both mother and daughter. That could be a best example for each disable kids in the world. All the mother in the world should watch this film who has a disable kid. Lastly, I saw all the faces of disable kids in my community on the face of temple in that graduation speech.
After watching the movie “Temple Grandin,” I have not only learned about the story of Temple Grandin, but I have also gained knowledge on what it's like for people with autism. A particular scene from the movie that I found interesting was the scene where Temple and her mother attend a convention for people with autism. As the scene unfolds we see how there’s a large commotion between the crowd and the man on stage. Temple steps in to share her own insight on the discussion when a lady from the crowd asks Temple how old her child is (they assume Temple is a mother of a child with autism.) Temple explains how she doesn't have a child, but how she has autism herself. After Temple shares this, the crowd instantly goes quiet and turn towards Temple. This was a very fascinating moment as it shows such a strong reaction from the crowd. Overall, I enjoyed this movie as it portrays how Temple Grandin, a person with autism, faced many challenges in her life but persevered and went on to become very successful and help others who have, or know somebody who has autism.
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The movie “Temple Grandin” was an outstanding movie with a powerful message. I was blown away at how one person's life experiences can have such an impact in the world. By the help of others and the faith she had in herself, she became successful. An interesting part of the movie was when she came out of her comfort zone and overcome her fears. She hated when someone touched her, but at the end of the movie she went through a positive change, and hugged her mother. Another interesting scene in the movie was when she bought a truck. She made her clothes and the truck muddy to look like a guy in order to pass the gate. As her mother said, “She's different, but no less.” She was hurt and bullied, but her mother and her loved ones went through so much. This reminded me of the time my dad was sick and he was unable to eat anything for 3 month due to a treatment. It had a negative effect on the family. This movie was a great example for the society. It showed the world to believe in them, and look at life from the bright side.
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Temple Grandin is an inspiring film. I never saw this type of film, which gave ample of knowledge and energy to overcome with the disability like Autism. While watching the film, I noticed so many images on my mind. One of the strong images I saved on me was Temple’s college graduation speech. Her words and expression on that speech were an example of success with continuous effort of couching and mentorship. Happy tears on her mother’s eye during that time was the symbol of success and happiness. I remember the words of Napoléon Bonaparte, “Give me a good mother and I shall give you a good nation”. All the mothers of disable people should have the passion and courage like temple’s mother. Temple’s graduation speech was the output of courage and hard work of both mother and daughter. That could be a best example for each disable kids in the world. All the mother in the world should watch this film who has a disable kid. Lastly, I saw all the faces of disable kids in my community on the face of temple in that graduation speech.(198 words)
Watching the film “Temple Grandin” was very inspirational to me. As a person living with disabilities beyond our control, I can relate to her in many ways. The bullying, the judgment, and although she is able to live a life filled with “normal” activities she is often singled out. The suggestion of institutionalization was a striking scene for me to watch. Recommending that someone be isolated because they are “different” does not seem right. Autism is a highly misunderstood disability. Perhaps it seems easier to separate people with certain disabilities than to take the time to understand and cater to their specific needs. Because someone might learn, think, or see the world differently does not mean that they are any “less” than a person without a disability. We are not strange, we are not crazy and we are not ill. We are contributors to society and walk among you. It is not a weakness to be unique.
Selena Gingrich
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I personally loved the film since I can relate to temple as I didnt speak until I was 4 years old. My parents also thought I wasn't ever going to speak, but my mother never gave up on me; just like Temple's mother also didn't give up on Temple. This film has many different messaged to that we could learn from. For example, "never give up, no matter how many times you fail". I think this is the most important message there is because I feel like, without this message, I wouldn't be able to complete my long term goals. My favourite scene of the movie was when Temple's mother is dropping off Temple at her new college, and Temple's mother took a five minute break from Temple's tantrum. When temple's mom is having that flashback she remember's all what she's been through and manages to get courage and solve the current problem they had.
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