When Helen was only a baby the doctors realized that she was blind and deaf. There was little hope she would ever be able to communicate with others. Thankfully, her teacher Anne Sullivan, was able to teach Helen how to “talk” with her hands. Anne taught Helen how to spell using her fingers. Through the process of teaching Helen Keller how to “speak”, Helen would become frustrated, wanting to give up. Yet, both the teacher and Helen never gave up on each other or themselves. They were both determined and worked hard. If they gave up and just quit “fighting their battle” they wouldn’t have accomplished their goals. “A child called IT” is a book based all on true events that happened to the author David Pelzer as a kid living with his abusive mother. Throughout his childhood, his alcoholic mother hated David, this is why she abused him. David had two other siblings, yet for some reason she would only let her problems out on him. This is when David’s school nurse started to notice bruises on him, later she realized what had been going on at home. David remembers as a kid how everything used to be perfect, they were just a regular family. All of a sudden, the mother started becoming angry and
When Helen was only a baby the doctors realized that she was blind and deaf. There was little hope she would ever be able to communicate with others. Thankfully, her teacher Anne Sullivan, was able to teach Helen how to “talk” with her hands. Anne taught Helen how to spell using her fingers. Through the process of teaching Helen Keller how to “speak”, Helen would become frustrated, wanting to give up. Yet, both the teacher and Helen never gave up on each other or themselves. They were both determined and worked hard. If they gave up and just quit “fighting their battle” they wouldn’t have accomplished their goals. “A child called IT” is a book based all on true events that happened to the author David Pelzer as a kid living with his abusive mother. Throughout his childhood, his alcoholic mother hated David, this is why she abused him. David had two other siblings, yet for some reason she would only let her problems out on him. This is when David’s school nurse started to notice bruises on him, later she realized what had been going on at home. David remembers as a kid how everything used to be perfect, they were just a regular family. All of a sudden, the mother started becoming angry and