Today is wednesday. A friend of mine told me an interesting story over lunch today. Evidently back in the 70s, a 13 year old child was found that had locked in a room, isolated, for her entire life. It sparked my interest. I asked him what the girls name was and jotted it down on a napkin in hopes of learning more about it when I had some time to google the case. He told me her name was "Ginie" with an "i". It turned out to be "Genie" with an "e", so thanks for making me waste a good 15 minutes searching for the wrong name. Part of what was interesting was how this case related to human speech development. Also, I was curious as to what has happened to her since the 70s. Has she learned to talk? Has she recovered? Basically, I wanted to know what happened and how. I'm in the middle of reading a documentary on the case at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2112gchild.html
Check it out when you get a chance. It's a long read though, so make yourself comfortable.
That's it for today.
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