Monday, January 10, 2005
Massachusetts History Buffs: Did You Know?
The December 2, 2004 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) informs me that up until the 1960s or so there existed in Waltham, Massachusetts a learning facility for slower children felicitously titled The Fernald State School for the Feebleminded. Along with some really terrifying instances of torture and abuse, activities at the school included "the use of incarcerated children for nontherapeutic experiments, sponsored by Quaker Oats and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, involving radioactive food...The boys were told that they were joining a science club, with perks of special diets and trips to Red Sox games as rewards."
It seems these kids can really teach us the meaning of "Cowboy Up," and in return someone should probably teach them how to read and write.
It seems these kids can really teach us the meaning of "Cowboy Up," and in return someone should probably teach them how to read and write.
