Sunday, February 10, 2019
College Admissions Essay: Half as Courageous :: College Admissions Essays
If I Could be just Half as Cour successionous Helen Keller was born on June 27th, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was a bright infant, interested in e genuinelything around her, and imitating adults at a really young age. In February of 1882, she was struck with an illness which left her deaf and dip. For several(prenominal) years, Helen had very little communication with the rest of the world, except for a hardly a(prenominal) signs which she used with her family. When she was six, her parents wanted desperately to do something to help their strong-willed, half-wild, child. They were far from all deaf or blind schools, and doubted that anyone would come to the little town to gear up their deaf and blind child. They heard of a doctor in Baltimore who had helped umteen seemingly hopeless cases of blindness, but when he examined Helen, there was nothing he could do for her. However, he referred them to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell who recommended Anne Sullivan to teach Helen. On March 3, 1887 Helen met the Miracle Worker, Anne Mansfield Sullivan. Then, about a month later on April 5, Helen associated the urine running over her hand with the letters w-a-t-e r that Anne was spelling into her hand. That solar day she learned thirty words and proved to be a very intelligent, fast learner from hence on. She quickly learned the finger-tip alphabet and briefly thereafter, to write. Helen had mastered Braille and learned how to use a typewriter by the age of 10. When she was 16, she could speak well enough to attend preparatory school and college. In 1904 she graduated from Radcliffe College with Anne Sullivan by her side interpreting lectures and class discussion to her. Helen then dedicated her life to improving the world. She delivered many lectures to improve the conditions for the blind and deaf-blind. She speak out for womens rights and pacifism. She spoke in over 25 countries bringing unfermented hope to many people. She spoke against World War I and her wage from lectures declined because of her stand. During World War II she visited military personnel who had become blind and/or deaf because of injuries. She also spent a lot of metre raising funds for organizations working with the deaf and blind. Helen also wrote several books concerning her life, her spiritual beliefs, and her teacher Anne Sullivan.
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