Peter's Case Study: Feral Children
Feral Children A “feral child” refers to a child presumably raised outside culture and civilization- who was presumably raised by animals, isolated in the wilderness, isolated in confinement, and those with limited human contact. The nature of a feral child's uneducated mind is complex, and we are often left wondering how they act around people. Studying the uneducated minds of the feral, wild, and savage can be a little hard, but their abilities and intellectual problems show how they develop. Watching these children can also help us calculate their intelligence, and know how to handle and help those who are less fortunate and uneducated.
Sometimes we are left asking the question, how do we study the nature of the uneducated minds? …show more content…
They are human beings, not raised by human beings, but by the wild. Feral children won’t wear clothes, because it is abnormal for animals. In Peter’s case, he sat on all fours, slept on a straw pallet, ate raw veggies and grass, dismembered and ate birds, did not prefer shoes, and had a sharp sense of smell and great hearing. People tend to think feral children are mentally impaired, and have trouble learning a human language, but it is mainly because they were not raised around civilization and they do not know any …show more content…
We try to calculate their intelligence, watch their development, and study their uneducated minds, yet we strive to change them into what we believe is normal. Normal to them may be different from ours, but why should we change them? It is because, like the scientists believe, it is either a scientific breakthrough or a lost cause. The question really boils down to, what do civilians think? Should we take time and strive to help them develop, should we take time to change them into what we think is normal, or should we let them live in peace just as we have? We are happy with our own lifestyles, why should we change theirs if they are happy as well? The life of a feral child may be different from ours, but that just leads to a different outlook and can develop new scientific ideas. A feral child is complex, but also very
Sometimes we are left asking the question, how do we study the nature of the uneducated minds? …show more content…
They are human beings, not raised by human beings, but by the wild. Feral children won’t wear clothes, because it is abnormal for animals. In Peter’s case, he sat on all fours, slept on a straw pallet, ate raw veggies and grass, dismembered and ate birds, did not prefer shoes, and had a sharp sense of smell and great hearing. People tend to think feral children are mentally impaired, and have trouble learning a human language, but it is mainly because they were not raised around civilization and they do not know any …show more content…
We try to calculate their intelligence, watch their development, and study their uneducated minds, yet we strive to change them into what we believe is normal. Normal to them may be different from ours, but why should we change them? It is because, like the scientists believe, it is either a scientific breakthrough or a lost cause. The question really boils down to, what do civilians think? Should we take time and strive to help them develop, should we take time to change them into what we think is normal, or should we let them live in peace just as we have? We are happy with our own lifestyles, why should we change theirs if they are happy as well? The life of a feral child may be different from ours, but that just leads to a different outlook and can develop new scientific ideas. A feral child is complex, but also very