The Blind Leading the Blind

In class today, from my classmates perspectives it would appear that I was looking shrewedly at everything around me. That however was not the case, as I forgot my glasses today. I sat beside my boyfriend copying his notes, while he in turn was writing them down from the over-head note my teacher (so graciously) had given us. "I can't see what's on the board." I said, with much squinting. "Well neither can I!" exclaimed my boyfriend, also squinting at the board. "It's like the blind leading the blind."
hmmm...
well, what about the blind leading the blind deaf?
or the deaf leading the blind mute?
or the blind deaf leading the blind quadriplegic?
or Helen Keller leading a group of children into a busy street?

okay now that's just cruel.

Speaking of language barriers and communication issues-it is a very interesting topic.
Helen Keller was deaf and blind, and learned to communicate etc. A movie was made about her called "The Miracle Worker"

A young girl was once found in a forest, having never been in society except for living with her twin sister and mother. She was introduced into society after her mother passed away. Her sister had died years earlier when the girl was still a child. What's interesting is that the girl did not speak any known language. Essentially, she had created her own language with her twin and only spoke broken English because of her mothers distorted speech from her face being paralyzed. This suggests that it is very easy to create one's own language.
A movie called "Nell"(1994, staring Jodie Foster) was created about this event.

Scientists are trying to prove that language is programed in humans.
The fact that a person can make up a whole new language with barely any knowledge of others existing is pretty impressive.
"Washoe invented her own sign for 'bib'. since the Gardners did not know the proper sign - and Washoe's invented sign turned out to be close to the correct Ameslan. Lucy, one of Fout's chimps, coined her own name for radishes - 'hurt-cry fruit' - and she also calls watermelons 'candy-drink' or 'fruit drink', even though she knows the correct Ameslan sign for watermelon"
(page 284)

http://books.google.ca/books?id=fjPWqXi9WQsC&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=gorilla+and+watermelon+candy+fruit&source=bl&ots=aGhYvCOHRG&sig=WTroeZZ7z8Aa3GfkyFjLvcTSc48&hl=en&ei=Eb0USsvVEeagmAf95ZjoAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPA285,M1

This creation of new words in a species extremely similar in DNA to our own species is really astounding.

Watermelons!
http://www.collegeotr.com/syracuse_university/watermelon_the_sexyback_of_fruit_9732

And now....Chimps AND Watermelons! :D

http://diverseeducation.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/of-watermelons-chimps-and-cowards/

Plants

Finally a new post, 2 years later....

The other day (under illegal circumstances) I was deep in thought. As I passed by houses, I noticed the trees around them. I thought it foolish to plant trees so close to a house, where when it gets old it will fall and crush the home, leaving the family sad to see their possessions broken and smashed. "Who in their right mind, would do that?-apparently many people, since everyone on this street has big trees on their front lawns looming dangerously over their houses." It made me angry that trees would grow where houses were to be put. At the same time I felt sadness for the magnificent trees who were cut down for buildings.
As if turning on a light bulb, a new thought dawned on me...
"Wait a second...plants were here first. It's their right to grow. Plants should be allowed to grow wherever the fuck they want!"

This means if they so chose to grow and turned into a big beautiful tree (or even in mini tree stage), if a building so happened to be built in the trees area, it should not be cut down for the building. The building should be constructed around the tree. With appropriate building space around the tree for it to grow. Think of the possibilities. It would open up a new business and create new architectural designs, and soon would be very popular with the increasing number of people who want to do this planet some good. Here is a picture of a plant growing where it wants.