It Started with a Driving Lesson

In this video Caroline Casey talks about what she learned when she turned 17. She was born and lived in Ireland and now works for human rights. When she was 17 she wanted to learn how to drive. Her parents bought her a lesson and she was very excited but every year she would go to the eye specialist to check out her eyes. The specialist noticed it was her birthday and asked her what she was going to do. It was then that she figured out that she was and always had been legally blind, and to think this all started with a driving lesson. My take aways from this video are that everyone has to look past limits to get where they want to go physically and mentally. I also took away that you must believe in yourself and be yourself. I also took away that being totally yourself is freedom that you need to find who you are by yourself. Everyone is extraordinary and people need to look past limits to find the extraordinary parts of each person. In this video Casey tries to relate to the audience to get her point across. She also is dramatic and uses emotion to have the audience understand what she went through and why it matters to her. The emotion in this video also catches the attention of the viewer because it is a sad story. The presentation style of Casey was mostly direct and to the point but once it reached the point she expanded on the idea. She would reach the point fast and then enhance the point with a story to make the viewer more emotionally attached and makes them want to learn more. How all the things that I took away from this video apply to me personally are that I want to live by that standard. I want to and try to everyday look past the limits in myself and in others. I try to recognize the extraordinary parts in everyone everyday and I try to believe in myself. While in high school it is hard to be completely 100% you is hard because we may not know who that is yet but we still try to be our own person. This applies to education because teachers often look at the limits of a rubric and grade us accordingly on how we followed that rubric. This has changed in my English class because we are presenting our own TEDxtalks. We were told the topic and told to start preparing with no limit. The rest also apply to education because school is a place to find yourself and what you are good at. It is a time to look past limits and be yourself or find yourself. These all apply to the world because if everyone lived by these standards we would have a world that constantly progresses because we are not inhibited by limits. It also applies to the social systems of our world because many times others can bring us to a sad place when we do not believe in ourselves. This can also happen when the one who is trying to bring people down does not believe in themselves or has not found themselves yet. This can be explained in an article about bullying. It explains the science behind the bullying through tests and the social significance. If the whole world worked on looking past limits and finding all the extraordinary things life would be happier for many people. Caroline Casey did a wonderful job of making the audience understand this message and to think that the beginning of the life she lives today started out with her wanting a driving lesson.