Word: wilding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bill was almost screaming, his voice echoing up and down Barnard's stark halls, so I tried to quiet him down. I left him there, sitting wild-eyed in the hallway, counting the rings on the other end of the line (I'll let it go to 50 'cause she's probably right at some critical point.").-Bill was flipping out. Within a month he withdrew from school...
...disaster: unable to type twelve words a minute, forgetting the names of callers, snapping at people. Soon she was eased out of formal duties-but not off the payroll. After that, her contacts with the office were mostly private phone calls to Hays; they were wild, frequent, and insulting to the staff. Typically, she would bark: "Let me talk to him!" The staff knew that the calls were to get the same priority as calls from Henry Kissinger...
Welch retains a vestige of dignity, and a little something more. As last year's The Wild Party demonstrated, Welch can handle an emotionally diverse role. She has a moment here mourning the death of a pregnant mother in which she is quite affecting - although Director Peter Yates (Bullit) has edited the scene much to her advantage...
This analysis, combined with Itard's step-by-step techniques, makes for a comprehensive and instructive study, particularly for those interested in language development and behavioral psychology. The Wild Boy of Aveyron ends, however, with a lengthy digression on the inspiration Itard's work provided for later educators--from the originators of sign language to Maria Montessori. Largely a name-and date-filled chronology of educational history, this last section detracts from both the narrative and pedagogical impact of the Wild Boy's story...
...Itard's Legacy," he seems to feel that the young doctor's contribution to the science of education made his project a success. But Itard considered his work with Victor a total failure, preferring to be remembered for his invention of a sign language for the deaf. Bringing the wild child back into society had been the dream of Itard's youth, and one cannot help thinking that he would have spurned all this praise...