UGenie Wiley, umntwana wasekhaya: Ukuxhatshazwa, ukuhlala yedwa, ukuphandwa nokulityalwa!
NgoNovemba 1970, imeko eyothusayo eyothusayo yomntwana waseMerika oneminyaka eli-13 ubudala yafumana ingqalelo yabasemagunyeni entlalontle yabantwana baseLos Angeles. YayinguGenie Wiley owazalwa ngo-1957 kwaye waba lixhoba lokuphathwa gadalala kwabantwana, ukungakhathali kunye nokuhlukaniswa ngokupheleleyo ekuhlaleni. Enyanisweni, "i-Genie" yi-pseudonym yexhoba, kwaye igama lakhe lokwenyani nguSusan Wiley.
Uthetha ukuthini umntwana weFeral?
Kukho inani lentelekelelo kunye neenkcazo ze "Feral Umntwana” okanye kwaziwa ngokuba “nguMntwana Wasendle.” Ngokubanzi, "Feral Umntwana” ngumntwana wabantu oye wahlala kwahlukanisiwe nabantu kwasebuncinaneni bakhe, ngoko ke unamava amancinci okanye akanayo kwaphela yokukhathalelwa, ukuziphatha okanye ulwimi lomntu. Isenokuba ngenxa yengozi, ikamva okanye ukuxhatshazwa kwabantu kunye nenkohlakalo.
Enye yeengxelo zokuqala zolwimi lwesiNgesi malunga nomntwana oxhalabileyo UJohn waseLiege, inkwenkwe ekucingelwa ukuba yachitha ixesha elininzi lobutsha bayo ilikheswa kwintlango yaseBelgium.
UGenie Wiley umntwana oyinyamakazi
Xa uGenie Wiley wayeneminyaka engama-20 kuphela ubudala, uyise uMnumzana Clark Wiley waqala ukumgcina itshixelwe kwigumbi elingaphantsi eyayingeyonto ingaphantsi kwekheyiji yokwexeshana. Zonke ezi ntsuku uzichithe kwigumbi elimnyama elibandayo. Amaxesha amaninzi wayebotshelelwa kwindlu yangasese yomntwana okanye ebotshelelwa kumandlalo okhubazekileyo iingalo nemilenze yakhe.
Ebudeni bexesha elide, uGenie wayengavumelekanga ukuba adibane naye nabani na kwanamalungu entsapho yakhe nezalamane, yaye wayekwahlukanisiwe nalo naluphi na uhlobo lwempembelelo. Umlinganiselo wokuzihlukanisa kwakhe wamthintela ukuba angavezwa naluphi na uhlobo lwentetho, ngenxa yoko, akazange afumane ulwimi lwabantu kunye nokuziphatha ngexesha lobuntwana bakhe.
Eyona nto ibuhlungu kukuba uMnu Wiley akazange amnike ukutya okufanelekileyo kunye nolwelo. Usuku nosuku, uGenie wayengondleki kakhulu. Enyanisweni, lo ngumzekelo wendlela egqithisileyo yenkohlakalo yabantu kunye ukungakhathali. Nangona kunjalo, le meko ingaqhelekanga ye "Genie Wiley, i Feral Umntwana” iye yaluphucula kakhulu ulwazi lweelwimi nenzululwazi yengqondo yabantwana engaqhelekanga.
Iingcali zengqondo, iingcali zeelwimi, kunye nososayensi abambalwa ekuqaleni bafumana ithuba lokufunda ityala likaGenie Wiley. Emva kokufumanisa ukuba uGenie wayengekafundi kwanto ngolwimi, iingcali zeelwimi zaqalisa ukufumana ukuqonda ngakumbi kwiinkqubo zokulawula izakhono zokufumana ulwimi nokuvavanya iithiyori kunye neengqikelelo ezichonga amaxesha abalulekileyo apho abantu bafunda ukuqonda nokusebenzisa ulwimi.
Eyona nzame yabo yenze ukuba le nto yenzeka kwisithuba seenyanga, waqala ukunxibelelana ngezakhono ezikhethekileyo ezingathethwayo kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe wathatha izakhono ezisisiseko zentlalo. Nangona engazange alufumane ngokupheleleyo ulwimi lokuqala kwaye wayesabonakalisa iimpawu ezininzi zokuziphatha kunye neempawu zomntu ongancokoliyo.
Ukuhamba kukaGenie Wikey kwachazwa njenge 'Bunny Hop'
NgoJuni 1971, wakhululwa esibhedlele ukuze ahlale nomfundisi-ntsapho wakhe, kodwa kwinyanga enye enesiqingatha kamva, abasemagunyeni bamfudusela kwintsapho yesazinzulu esasikhokela uphando nokufunda ngaye. Wahlala apho phantse iminyaka emine. Xa uGenie Wiley wayeneminyaka eli-18 ubudala, wabuyela kuhlala nomama wakhe. Kodwa emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa, ukuziphatha okungaqhelekanga kunye neemfuno zikaGenie zanyanzela umama wakhe ukuba aqonde ukuba wayengenakukwazi ukuyinyamekela kakuhle intombi yakhe.
Emva koko, abasemagunyeni beza bamsusa uGenie Wiley kwindawo yokuqala eyayiza kuba luthotho lwamaziko abantu abadala abakhubazekileyo, kwaye abantu abaqhubayo bamqhawula phantse kuye wonke umntu awayemazi kwaye bamfaka ekuxhatshazweni okugqithisileyo ngokomzimba nangokweemvakalelo. Ngenxa yoko, impilo yakhe engokwasemzimbeni neyasengqondweni yaba nkenenkene kakhulu, yaye ubuchule bakhe bokuthetha nokuziphatha awayesandul’ ukubufunda babuyela emva ngokukhawuleza.
Kamva ngoJanuwari 1978, unina kaGenie Wiley wanqanda konke ukuqwalaselwa kwenzululwazi kunye novavanyo lweGenie. Kuncinane okwaziwayo ngeemeko zakhe ukususela ngoko. Indawo akuyo ngoku ayiqinisekanga, nangona kukholelwa ukuba uhlala kwinkathalo yelizwe laseCalifornia.
Kangangeminyaka, iingcali zengqondo kunye neengcali zeelwimi ziqhubeka nokuxoxa ngetyala likaGenie Wiley, kwaye kukho umdla omkhulu wezemfundo kunye neendaba kuphuhliso lwakhe kunye neendlela okanye imigaqo yezifundo zesayensi kwiGenie Wiley. Ngokukodwa, izazinzulu ziye zathelekisa uGenie Wiley UVictor waseAveyron, Umntwana ongumFrentshi wenkulungwane ye-19 owayekwangumxholo wesifundo sokulibaziseka kophuhliso lwengqondo kunye nokufumana ulwimi lwamva.
Nantsi indlela imvelaphi yosapho lukaGenie Wiley eyabutyhalela ngayo ubomi bakhe ebugxwayibeni
UGenie wayengowokugqibela, nowesibini owasinda, kubantwana abane abazalwa ngabazali abahlala eArcadia, eCalifornia. Utata wakhe ubukhulu becala wakhulela kumakhaya eenkedama kwi-American Pacific Northwest owathi kamva wasebenza kumzi-mveliso wenqwelomoya de wabhubha ngenxa yokubetha kombane. Kwaye umama wakhe wayephuma kusapho lwase-Oklahoma lokufama, wayefike emazantsi eCalifornia esekwishumi elivisayo kunye nabahlobo bosapho ababebaleka iDust Bowl.
Ebudeni bobuntwaneni bakhe, umama kaGenie wonzakala kanobom entloko kwingozi, nto leyo eyamnika umonakalo oqhubekayo wemithambo-luvo owabangela iingxaki zokubona kwiliso elinye. Wayengaboni ngokusemthethweni nto leyo athe yabangela ukuba azive engenakungenelela egameni lentombi yakhe xa ixhatshazwa.
Nangona abazali bakaGenie ekuqaleni babebonakala bevuya kwabo babebazi, kungekudala emva kokuba betshatile uMnu.
Ukongezelela, unina kaMnu. Wiley wamnika igama lokuqala lobufazi, nto leyo eyamenza ukuba abe sisisulu sokugculelwa rhoqo. Ngenxa yoko, wayenomsindo omkhulu kumama wakhe ebuntwaneni, apho umntakwabo kaGenie kunye nososayensi ababefunda uGenie bakholelwa ukuba yimbangela yeengxaki zakhe zomsindo zokuxhaphaza nokungayihoyi intombi yakhe.
