Temple Grandin

Think of a fat, juicy hamburger with everything you love on it right at your fingertips. Now I'm not trying to make you feel guilty, but now think of the cow that used to live. About 900,000 cows get slaughtered per day and a lot of these cows feel scared, uncomfortable, and harmed during the process.

Temple Grandin has always had a sincere love for animals. Today she works to make a better life for animals that live in a slaughterhouse. Many animals get abused and live their lives just to be slaughtered. Her systems of helping the animals while also helping the factory farms has been considered among one of the few things that environmentalists and meat industries both agree on. In the book, Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World it states "50% of the beef cattle in the US and Canada, and a growing number overseas are handles in faculties she has designed."

Temple has autism, a neurodivergent function. People with autism often are very bright, some take longer to learn how to talk, and many others think in pictures. What I mean is by "thinking in pictures" is that if I told you to memorize the code 32478cowis78953bam. Would you imagine each letter and number and how they sit next to each other in your head or would you remember the numbers and letters verbally? Temple still has autism to this day but she has learned how to deal with it and takes a small dosage of medicine. Temple got kicked out of many schools, her own dad didn't believe in her, she got bullied by other children but she didn't let any of it stop her. Temple Grandin can be a role model for all of us.

I must do a book report for class and as you may have guessed mine is on Temple Grandin. To be fully honest I had know clue who she was until I started reading this book. The book is called Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World-by Sy Montgomery. I'm about a third of the way done with it and it has kept my attention really well. As you know I don't read a lot of nonfiction but maybe that should be a goal for me this year. I am really enjoying this book and I think you should Read The Book!

Pop Quiz: What was the code I gave you earlier?

Sources:

Temple Grandin: Hown the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World www.templegrandin.com

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