Famous Thinkers Research Paper
Famous Thinkers Paper
PHL/458
June 24, 2013
Famous Thinkers Paper
There are many famous thinking in the world. The two I chose to write about are Helen Keller and Bill Gates. They have their similarities as well as differences. Their accomplishments and contributions to society have changed the way we live our lives today. Their creative styles have set them apart from their competitors and given them an edge that lets them stand apart from the rest of the creative thinkers of the world. Bill Gates is a self-made multi-billionaire, while Helen Keller lived a more modest life. Although Helen did not develop and manufacture a product, she was instrumental in showing the world that a deaf-blind person could be a functioning asset …show more content…
It is the first agency to offer high quality rehabilitation and social services to blind individuals who wish to lead an independent life and a contributor to their community. She was successful in urging the Lions Club in becoming “knights for the blind,” which they continue to do even today (Perkins School for the Blind, 2013). Helen understood the suffering of the blind and deaf-blind, because of her first hand knowledge of being a deaf-blind from the age of 18 months. Helen boundless dedication to establish rights, such as education and employment for the blind and deaf-blind which were noticed in 1964 when President Lyndon B Johnson (Perkins School for the Blind, 2013) gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom …show more content…
Helen attended and graduated from Radcliff, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1904 (Leiber, 1996). Education was of extreme importance; she knew the challenged she and others faced to live a quality life and a contributing member of society.
Helen was instrumental in establishing the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. This was the first agency to provide services to adults who were blind. Although many of their services and programs were not available during her lifetime, she was and still is one of the driving forces behind their existence. Today their programs include vocational rehabilitation, independent living social services, assistive technology for the blind program are only a few of what they have to offer (Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, 2013).
Helen Keller’s creative process consisted of more than one phase. She was not afraid to search for challenges, express the problems and issues she encountered, and produce ideas to enhance her ideas to bring them to reality. She was innovative in her way of thinking and looked at the problems and issues she encountered from different perspectives. She kept an open mind when faced with adversity, which allowed her thoughts to creatively
PHL/458
June 24, 2013
Famous Thinkers Paper
There are many famous thinking in the world. The two I chose to write about are Helen Keller and Bill Gates. They have their similarities as well as differences. Their accomplishments and contributions to society have changed the way we live our lives today. Their creative styles have set them apart from their competitors and given them an edge that lets them stand apart from the rest of the creative thinkers of the world. Bill Gates is a self-made multi-billionaire, while Helen Keller lived a more modest life. Although Helen did not develop and manufacture a product, she was instrumental in showing the world that a deaf-blind person could be a functioning asset …show more content…
It is the first agency to offer high quality rehabilitation and social services to blind individuals who wish to lead an independent life and a contributor to their community. She was successful in urging the Lions Club in becoming “knights for the blind,” which they continue to do even today (Perkins School for the Blind, 2013). Helen understood the suffering of the blind and deaf-blind, because of her first hand knowledge of being a deaf-blind from the age of 18 months. Helen boundless dedication to establish rights, such as education and employment for the blind and deaf-blind which were noticed in 1964 when President Lyndon B Johnson (Perkins School for the Blind, 2013) gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom …show more content…
Helen attended and graduated from Radcliff, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in 1904 (Leiber, 1996). Education was of extreme importance; she knew the challenged she and others faced to live a quality life and a contributing member of society.
Helen was instrumental in establishing the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. This was the first agency to provide services to adults who were blind. Although many of their services and programs were not available during her lifetime, she was and still is one of the driving forces behind their existence. Today their programs include vocational rehabilitation, independent living social services, assistive technology for the blind program are only a few of what they have to offer (Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, 2013).
Helen Keller’s creative process consisted of more than one phase. She was not afraid to search for challenges, express the problems and issues she encountered, and produce ideas to enhance her ideas to bring them to reality. She was innovative in her way of thinking and looked at the problems and issues she encountered from different perspectives. She kept an open mind when faced with adversity, which allowed her thoughts to creatively