Anne Sullivan: A Valuable Teacher

Anne Sullivan: A Valuable Teacher

Aid for Helen

In March 1887, a young woman named Anne Sullivan arrived at a small farmhouse in Alabama.Waiting to meet her was a little girl named Helen Keller.Anne was going to be Helen's teacher.She was about to begin the most rewarding venture of her life.

Helen was both blind and deaf.She could not see or hear.Back then, people thought blind children were unable to do things.Blind children were often ignored.

The events of Helen's life reminded Anne of her own childhood.Anne went to an orphanage after her mother died.Then she was sent to a home for blind children even though Anne was not totally blind.The special school was called Perkins School.

Anne had a fine home at the school.She asked the teachers there to teach her how to read.Unlike many blind children before her, she soon learned to read and write.

Anne's actions as a student helped her become a good teacher.She could help other blind children learn to read.She studied how to teach blind children.Now it was her goal to help Helen.

Helen was born with both sight and hearing.At a young age, the little girl became very sick.Her doctor thought she might die.

Helen did not die, but the disease damaged her eyes and ears.She could no longer see or hear.Her parents knew that the failure of these two senses would change her entire life.

Since Helen couldn't hear, she couldn't form words.She had total blindness, so she couldn't play in the same way as other children.But she never lost her curious nature.She explored the world by touching, tasting, and smelling.

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