Temple Grandin

for getting me into that.

He let me go on field trips with his food technology class, even though I wasn't enrolled in the class.

He was one of these professors that were teaching was his primary thing.

And he helped me make the switch.

I got to really thank him for doing that.

I got to thank Mr. Carlock, my science teacher.

I can't emphasize how important these mentors are.

And you see, by this time, I got decent grades.

I was serious.

And I got a C in statistics, had to be tutored.

I had another graduate student tutor me.

And one of the things I did right is when I failed my first quiz, I got help.

Too many students today wait until they're failing the end of the course before they ask for help.

I asked for help when I failed the first quiz.

First of all, I just was interested in designing equipment.

And I went out to every feed yard and I worked cattle.

And I saw good things in the designs, bad things in the designs.

And I kind of thought I could design a self-managing cattle handling system.

And then another thing I did from a job standpoint that was really good.

There's a scene in the Temple Brandon HBO movie where I get the editor's card from our local state farm magazine.