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How Did Helen Keller Change The World

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Think about the last time you saw someone you love whether it be a lover or a friend. Think about the last thing you said to them; happy, sad, or even unemotional. What did you tell them? Something of great importance? Now think back to all the wonderful things you’ve heard throughout your life time, a baby’s first word, a happy dog awaiting to see you, your mother’s voice saying “I love you”. Finally think that you had none of these senses and you couldn’t comprehend why you no longer have them. Helen Keller changed the world by showing people that anyone can go to school, live, learn, and love no matter the circumstance is. She went to school even though he was deaf, mute, as well as being blind. Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880 in Alabama. Her parents where Kate Adams and Colonel Keller. Colonel Keller worked for the local paper. February 1882 when she was 19 months old she got diagnosed with "brain fever" and lost her ability to hear and see. When Helen’s mom acknowledged that her beloved daughter was deaf and that she could not see, her mother began by ringing the dinner bell and waving her hands in her face but there was not a single reaction from Helen. Afterwards she was hard to teach, everyone called her the “wild child" because of her actions involving school. …show more content…

The school sent the Keller’s their star student, Anna Sullivan, to work with Helen. Anna Sullivan arrived at the Keller’s house on March 3rd, 1887. Anna had made a dramatic impact on Helen within the first 5 months. Anna didn’t have the best eyesight herself, but she had enough to learn and to teach and to become one of the best students at Perkins School for the Blind. When Anna was at the age of 14 she attended Perkins School for the Blind. Now she is participating a great opportunity to help Helen communicate with the outside world. She

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