Hellen Keller

A very good morning to my English Language teacher ,and to my fellow classmates.My oral English test presentation is entitled ‘The person I admire the most’. Hellen Adams Keller is,in my opinion one of the most amazing people at all time. She was an american author,political activist and a lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Hellen Keller was born on June 27,1880 on a farm in Tuscumbia,Alabama. When she was a year and a half old she become very sick. Her parents were afraid that she would die. Well,she didn’t but deaf and blind. She was left in a world with no light or sound. Can you imagine that? As a child Hellen was often become frustrated that no one understand what she wanted. Hellen’s parents were ver worried. They had never heard of a case like Hellen’s and did not know what to do. Fortunately,they learned about Annie Sullivan,a teacher of the blind who came to teach and live with seven year old Hellen.She had to teach Hellen basic things like how to eat with a fork and a knife and even how to brush her hair. At first Hellen didn’t cooperate. She hit and bit her teacher. Soon,she made great progress but it wasn’t enough for Annie. She wanted her to understand words so she took sign language to a different level. She would sign a letter and let Hellen feel the shape of her hands. Hellen was doing so well that shortly before her eight birthday,her teacher took her to the Perkins Institution for the blind. There she learned how to read and write in braille. Now a whole new world was open to her. She could read books and even write letters. When Hellen was ten years old,she met a teacher who wanted to teach her how to speak. It took long,hard hours of practice but in the end she could speak. Life was working out for Helen but soon the ambitious 14 year old had a new goal,to go to the college. For three years she worked very hard to prepare for