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    Helen Keller

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    The Story Of My Life, first book written by Helen Keller was published in the year 1903 in the form of an autobiography describing about her early life, education, life struggles and specially her experiences with her teacher Miss Anne Mansfield Sullivan. Helen Keller wrote this book to honor the inventor of the telephone and a teacher of the deaf, Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander helps the Keller family to find a suitable teacher for Helen and also becomes a good friend of her. As a child, she…

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    Lauren Hill Hero

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    In a universe filled with memories, cries, love, hate, and many more, it is also filled with many different types of people that wander throughout the world today. However, there are other different types of people today but are known for being the same thing, and those people are called heroes . A vast majority of people see a hero as someone who saves people’s lives by destroying the evil villain, but that is not necessarily the case. Many people throughout the world have made history in a way…

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    Leaders are usually civilians who have been through a great deal of hardship and have climbed to success from that hardship. They are heros that influenced people around them just by living their lives. One person who has done such a thing is Helen Keller. Helen was a deaf and blind but she did not let that get in her way. She helped shape the new way the community saw people with disabilities. She was also a political activist in her later years for women’s rights and socialism. Helen was such…

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    Can you imagine a world with no sound? Nothing to see either? Helen Kellers world was like this for most of her life. Yet Helen Keller was an inspirational woman through out her entire life, despite her disabilities. Most of it due to her hard work and dedication to others with disabilities. Helen Keller's first few years shaped the rest of her life to what it was, and it wasn't the best few years. Helen Adam Keller was born July 27,1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Her parents, Kate & Arthur…

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    How could a feeble Irish woman be capable of rescuing over 200 children? Missionary Amy Carmichael did exactly that! Travel to India and took children from house of his homes and brought them into a safe environment. Carmichael shared the love of Christ by advising the women and children, who were often thought as inferior to men, and help them learn how to except Jesus as their Savior. At the age of 14, she decided she wanted to follow God and spread His Word across the world. Following the…

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    Today I and my partners we are going to talk about a famous writer. She is different from any writer, so we will tell you the short story about “Helen Adams Keller.” How is she ?, How many language she learn? when did her life change and start to write? And another think abuts her. So anybody know who she is? Ok! My partners Sihui Wang and Xiaona Guo they will tell us about Helen Keller. Helen Keller was born with the ability to see and hear, but at 19month old, her is changed. In 1880,…

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    When I was only 19 months old, I suffered because of a high fever, the one symptom from my mystery illness, and it made me deaf and blind. At 6 years old, my parents had me introduced to Anne Sullivan in an attempt to teach me to communicate. Anne started by teaching me that everything has meaning. I then learned the letters in the alphabet. Anne also taught me how to express my thoughts and emotions. This was liberating, and I really enjoyed practicing conversing with my family and friends. As…

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    Introduction Imagine being blind and deaf before having the ability to understand the world. Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf at the age of nineteen months, was one of the most influential blind and deaf people. She first had to be taught about her surroundings. The person who helped her accomplish what she did name was Anne Mansfield Sullivan. Once Anne had helped Helen, Helen began to make impact on the world around her. She attended college and earned a bachelor's degree, the first blind…

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    Optimism Test

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    Optimism “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” That is a quote from Helen Keller who is the face of Optimism to a lot of people. Being the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, she shows that no matter what your disabilities in life are you can overcome the obstacles and do anything you want. Just like Helen Keller, I myself try to look at the bright side of every dark situation, or even every positive situation.…

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    Ben Wittenstein 9/6/2016 Jessie McKay Communication The Miracle Worker In the film The Miracle Worker, Helen Keller had to face many challenges due to her lack of speech and sight. Her family had little faith that her condition would improve. Her parents were overwhelmed by and did not understand her condition. They considered sending her to an asylum, and did not provide any tools to help her. She was constantly mocked by her family, particularly her brother. She had to deal with being…

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