Hello dear students, This week I am posting a collection of videos from TED (a famous educational youtube channel) where they illustrate 2 sides of a story- regarding famous characters or events in history. They expose the facts in a court where there are the judge, the defence attorney and the prosecutor. I find it very interesting! Hope you like it!
Helen was born in the United States in 1880. She became very sick at the age of 9 months and she then became permanently blind and deaf.
Her parents noticed at the age of 6 that she had a lot of spirit, but she was in a prison due to her early blindness and deafness. They felt no one could help her get out of her prison, the key has been thrown away and lost forever.
But even so they persisted, they searched many specialists and they've heard of a school who taught deaf and blind people. They brought the the teacher Anne Sullivan to their house, hoping she would help Helen somehow.
Anne Sullivan was persistent and caring. She saw Helen had a lot of potential and she never gave up.
Helen learned to read, write, express herself in English, Latin, French and German. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of art-degree (Harvard).
This is an amazing inspiring story, for us all!
In this video Helen is with her friend, communicating with her hands.
Helen also tried for many years to speak normally (she wasn't mute) but without a reference of sounds it was difficult. But even so she tried. You can she her speaking in this video.
