Temple Grandin

Elementary school, fourth grader, third grader.

Make them do baby math over and over again.

They get bored and they turn into a behavior problem.

That kid that's a brainiac in math needs to be moved ahead in math.

I'll make them do boring baby math.

Move them ahead.

They might need help in reading, but move them ahead in math.

I think we're losing common sense.

And I think common sense is visual thinking.

But we have a school system now that's screening out visual thinkers.

Right.

Some states, I couldn't graduate from high school because I can't pass Alfred.

Never have.

Well, there's a big problem with enough low-income housing.

That's a huge problem, like in the fancy ski resorts.

People run the lifts and stuff like that.

They can't afford the housing.

These are non-autistic people can't afford the housing.

And then I read a hideous article just the other day about these investors buy up a whole bunch of apartment buildings and using computerized systems to evict tenants.

I was just about very angry when I read this.