Photo by Jaron Cox (freshman)
Brad Cohen visited us on Monday, October 8, and gave a wonderful presentation. I really enjoyed the book and re-read many of the parts. I especially liked the parts when he talked about his childhood because I know many people that can relate to that. All children have ups and downs while they are growing up and Brad had some really BIG ups and downs. His book is so inspirational because he tells how he overcame those situations and how that has helped him become the person he is today.
I was especially excited about the movie that is being made about him. This will give other people the chance to hear about and visualize some of the things he has gone through. I was also excited to hear about his new wife. To be honest I had really hoped that from the time he wrote the book to the time he presented to us that someone would have entered his love life. Not saying that he couldn't survive without that someone special, I just had hoped that if it was something that he wanted that he would get it. He deserves it.I did get a little bit bored during his talk because so much of what he said was from the book and a lot of the stories were the same. I did like watching him while he talked to try and see some of the things he does. It was so interesting to see how much his mannerisms changed when he wasn't speaking and when he was. It was also neat seeing some of the ticks that he had not mentioned in the book, like the way his right arm kinda twitched a little bit while he talked.
It was a very good learning experience to have him with us as well as reading his book, I think after reading that I will be a better person and also a better teacher in the future.
Click here to read Brad Cohen's own blog about his visit to ECU.
