Helen Keller Research Paper
Ngoc Nguyen (Lyn)
Mr. Schoenfeld, Trevor
U.S History
Period 1
12/03/2013
Helen Keller “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved” – said Helen Keller (http://www.msa.state.mn.us/sharedservices/doubleimpact/helenkellerquotes.asp). Helen Keller did a lot of things that stimulated people’s spirit worldwide. The most noticeable thing she accomplished, even though she was a deaf-blind person, she was always persistent and moved on to have a successful life. She devoted her life to help people around the world, and reach her dreams. Helen Keller proved the world that even with disabilities, we still can always reach …show more content…
She then took language classes with Ms. Sullivan’s help, to prepare for college. Every day, Helen and her special professor would go to class together. She spelled the instructors’ lessons to Helen’s palm. They just kept doing that as a routine, Helen little by little improved (Keller, 58). In 1897, Helen marked her turning point by applied to Radcliffe. Radcliffe, the sister school of Harvard, was well known for its high admission standards; its students were graduated with the best high school in United States (Keller, 13). She decided to take the challenge, from the 29th of June through 3rd of July in 1897, Keller took the preliminary examination for Radcliffe. Her majors were foreign languages and Greek and Roman History. Surprisingly, she not only passed everything, also got “honors” in German and English (Keller, 69-72). Besides that, she had difficulties in second year in school. She took mathematic classes, but the books she needed had not been embossed. At that moment, she lacked of knowing the specific symbols and formulas of Algebra. Unfortunately, her class was too large for the instructor to give her special help. Little by little, the obstacle faded. The embossed books arrived and Helen threw herself into work (Keller, 73). After studies, at the end of June in 1899, Helen took her final examinations for Gilman School. Languages were not difficult for her. Notwithstanding, she found it got harder in Geometry and Algebra. Helen was perplexed and discouraged because the braille was complex and unclear. Two days before the final, Mr. Vining sent her copy of old Harvard papers in algebra exams. She passed, and could come to college whenever she pleased. In September of 1900, she started her college life at Radcliffe College with eagerness, excitation and hope (http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?FolderID=1&SectionID=1&TopicID=129&DocumentID=1351). Soon after her excitation disappeared, she
Mr. Schoenfeld, Trevor
U.S History
Period 1
12/03/2013
Helen Keller “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved” – said Helen Keller (http://www.msa.state.mn.us/sharedservices/doubleimpact/helenkellerquotes.asp). Helen Keller did a lot of things that stimulated people’s spirit worldwide. The most noticeable thing she accomplished, even though she was a deaf-blind person, she was always persistent and moved on to have a successful life. She devoted her life to help people around the world, and reach her dreams. Helen Keller proved the world that even with disabilities, we still can always reach …show more content…
She then took language classes with Ms. Sullivan’s help, to prepare for college. Every day, Helen and her special professor would go to class together. She spelled the instructors’ lessons to Helen’s palm. They just kept doing that as a routine, Helen little by little improved (Keller, 58). In 1897, Helen marked her turning point by applied to Radcliffe. Radcliffe, the sister school of Harvard, was well known for its high admission standards; its students were graduated with the best high school in United States (Keller, 13). She decided to take the challenge, from the 29th of June through 3rd of July in 1897, Keller took the preliminary examination for Radcliffe. Her majors were foreign languages and Greek and Roman History. Surprisingly, she not only passed everything, also got “honors” in German and English (Keller, 69-72). Besides that, she had difficulties in second year in school. She took mathematic classes, but the books she needed had not been embossed. At that moment, she lacked of knowing the specific symbols and formulas of Algebra. Unfortunately, her class was too large for the instructor to give her special help. Little by little, the obstacle faded. The embossed books arrived and Helen threw herself into work (Keller, 73). After studies, at the end of June in 1899, Helen took her final examinations for Gilman School. Languages were not difficult for her. Notwithstanding, she found it got harder in Geometry and Algebra. Helen was perplexed and discouraged because the braille was complex and unclear. Two days before the final, Mr. Vining sent her copy of old Harvard papers in algebra exams. She passed, and could come to college whenever she pleased. In September of 1900, she started her college life at Radcliffe College with eagerness, excitation and hope (http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?FolderID=1&SectionID=1&TopicID=129&DocumentID=1351). Soon after her excitation disappeared, she