"A teacher effects eternity" (Henry B. Adams). A teacher does many things that affect her students. Even though at the time, the student does not understand the wisdom of the teachings. Anne Sullivan is one of those remarkable teachers.
Helen Keller became deaf and blind at the age of eighteen months because of a fever. She lived many years not able to communicate with anyone. Helen was allowed, by her family, to do anything she wanted because they did not think she could know any better. One day, a woman by the name of Anne Sullivan came to live with the Keller family. Anne Sullivan, a twenty-one-year old, had spent most of her life in an institution with her brother. She had trouble seeing, but with the help of several surgeries, her eyesight was improved. Anne also learned sign language from a friend who was deaf. She had heard of
One day, Anne was teaching Helen table manners. Helen was used to just grabbing food off her family's plates. When Helen reached Anne's plate, she refused to give Helen the food. A struggle went on for hours, until finally Helen was able to fold
As time went by, the relationship with Helen's parents and Anne got progressively worse. Mr. Keller believed that Anne's fights with Helen were wrong and he threatened to fire her. Helen's mother, on the other hand, thought that Helen was making progress and that Anne should stay. Anne's one condition for staying would be that she could take Helen away from her home where she would have to be completely dependent on Anne for food and the other necessities of life. Reluctantly, the family said yes and let Anne have an abandoned house on the Keller property. They could come watch their daughter, but they could not actually have
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