Helen Keller Research Paper
The True Underdog
In the USA, 2.1% of American citizens between the ages of 18-64 are deaf-blind. That is
4,022,334 Americans. A women named Helen Keller, born on June 27th, 1880, was diagnosed to be deaf-blind. A rare disease where you are partially deaf and partially blind at the same time.
Sometimes it goes away but not all the time. Helen Keller is a Progressive Era figure because
Keller motivated herself to work hard and strive to be better everyday, Keller’s parents and mentors helped her prepare to accomplish the goals she wanted to have in life, and Keller accomplished anything and everything she could’ve achieved at her age with her disabilities.
Motivation
Helen Keller motivated herself to work hard and strive to be better everyday. …show more content…
Anne Sullivan was a huge help to Keller with over coming her disease as a child. Keller was motivated by her because she had the same thing as well growing up but got help from the same institution as her and was thriving in life. Another example of Keller’s motivation is, “When Helen was about 6 years old, her father took her to Washington D.C. to be examined by Dr. Alexander Graham
Bell. Dr. Bell urged him to write the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston requesting that a competent teacher be sent to Tuscumbia to undertake Helen’s education…” (Helen Keller).
Keller was getting the best of the best treatment there was to offer in that time period. She knew how much it meant to her family to take it seriously and really put an all effort into it.
Preparation
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Helen Keller’s parents and mentors helped her prepare to accomplish the goals she wanted to have done in life. An example of this would be, “Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan, is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication…” (The Story of My Life by Helen Keller). Keller had a lot …show more content…
Keller had a lot of different ways of understanding concepts with her 3 senses that she had. Keller has a very interesting history of her life, but it's one that inspired many people to shoot for the stars.
Accomplishments
Helen Keller accomplished anything and everything she could’ve achieved at her age with her disabilities. An example of this could be, “She learned that everything does not have a name; it has many. Long before she entered Radcliffe in 1900, she had mastered the manual alphabet and manual lip-reading and the typewriter and several forms of Braille, in which she read Greek and Latin and French and German…” (The Achiever: Helen Keller). Keller thrived in school as she had the help from her mentor Anne Sullivan. Keller had made sure that she was ready for the hardships that Anne Sullivan know that she would come to face. Another example is, “The recipient of innumerable humanitarian awards and citations, Keller is credited with prompting the organization of many state commissions for the blind…” (Helen Keller).
Overcoming her disease and achieving her goals, Keller had helped more people like her and
The True Underdog
In the USA, 2.1% of American citizens between the ages of 18-64 are deaf-blind. That is
4,022,334 Americans. A women named Helen Keller, born on June 27th, 1880, was diagnosed to be deaf-blind. A rare disease where you are partially deaf and partially blind at the same time.
Sometimes it goes away but not all the time. Helen Keller is a Progressive Era figure because
Keller motivated herself to work hard and strive to be better everyday, Keller’s parents and mentors helped her prepare to accomplish the goals she wanted to have in life, and Keller accomplished anything and everything she could’ve achieved at her age with her disabilities.
Motivation
Helen Keller motivated herself to work hard and strive to be better everyday. …show more content…
Anne Sullivan was a huge help to Keller with over coming her disease as a child. Keller was motivated by her because she had the same thing as well growing up but got help from the same institution as her and was thriving in life. Another example of Keller’s motivation is, “When Helen was about 6 years old, her father took her to Washington D.C. to be examined by Dr. Alexander Graham
Bell. Dr. Bell urged him to write the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston requesting that a competent teacher be sent to Tuscumbia to undertake Helen’s education…” (Helen Keller).
Keller was getting the best of the best treatment there was to offer in that time period. She knew how much it meant to her family to take it seriously and really put an all effort into it.
Preparation
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Helen Keller’s parents and mentors helped her prepare to accomplish the goals she wanted to have done in life. An example of this would be, “Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan, is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication…” (The Story of My Life by Helen Keller). Keller had a lot …show more content…
Keller had a lot of different ways of understanding concepts with her 3 senses that she had. Keller has a very interesting history of her life, but it's one that inspired many people to shoot for the stars.
Accomplishments
Helen Keller accomplished anything and everything she could’ve achieved at her age with her disabilities. An example of this could be, “She learned that everything does not have a name; it has many. Long before she entered Radcliffe in 1900, she had mastered the manual alphabet and manual lip-reading and the typewriter and several forms of Braille, in which she read Greek and Latin and French and German…” (The Achiever: Helen Keller). Keller thrived in school as she had the help from her mentor Anne Sullivan. Keller had made sure that she was ready for the hardships that Anne Sullivan know that she would come to face. Another example is, “The recipient of innumerable humanitarian awards and citations, Keller is credited with prompting the organization of many state commissions for the blind…” (Helen Keller).
Overcoming her disease and achieving her goals, Keller had helped more people like her and
The True Underdog