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September 26, 2005
Genie
Searching information about Genie in calss today was very interesting. The website that I first found I think is very informative on matters that were not discussed in the documentary. If you want to check out the website feel free..the URL is: www3.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/hsbioethics/units/unit3_4.html
The article talks about how the social worker actually first saw Genie. I didn't realize that the mother escaped with Genie and ended up bringing her out in public. The social worker assumed she was six or seven years old and had autism. That is amazing considering she was thirteen. I have been told that I look like I'm still 15 or so but I'm only 18 not 23. Another thing that shocked me was the part where the father would sit with his loaded shotgun on his lap and wouldn't allow his wife or son to speak or to even leave the house most of the time. How awful, I can't even imagine what it would be like to be stuck in one place. It's bad enough for me waking up on a Saturday morning in my dorm room and wanting to get up and go out to my living room and sit on the couch to finish waking up but I can't because I'm not at home. I wouldn't be able to stay in one room for such a long period of time. It's so sad reading and watching the story on this girl. How can people be so cruel? especially to their own child, their own blood. It confuses me and I'm sure it will for a very very long time.
Posted by lcisnelson at September 26, 2005 01:07 PM