Many years ago, a cold-hearted scientist placed 100 babies on an uninhabited but fertile island, half of them boys, half girls. He provided only the minimum requirements to keep them alive. He left them food and water, being careful not to be seen. He kept them from harm, when possible. For years, the children received none of the trappings of a normal upbringing: no language, no education, no culture. Later, he slowly began feeding and watering them less and less, until eventually he gave them nothing at all.<br /><br />After 20 years on the island, who are these people? Have they retained the thinking and sentient qualities that make them undeniably human or are they merely hairless apes? Myriad possible scenarios unfold — war, camaraderie, invention and language. Within a few hundred years, the islanders might have even cultivated traditions and cultures.<br />Most likely, however, within that 20 years the only proof of the experiment would be the finding of a few small bones on the now deserted coastline. The islanders would be dead.<br />Keywords: impact,culture,classroom<br />Prof. Dr. Mazin Hadi Kzar<br />Physical Education & Sport Science Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Babylon, Iraq<br />[email protected]