Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan

1. LisaL
   August 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 pm

   That was pretty darn neat.

2. delroy
   August 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm

   Incredible !!!!

3. ted
   August 22nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm

   Wow. I liked that.

4. whiskeyspider
   August 22nd, 2009 at 2:35 pm

   Very cool. Thanks!

5. ironman
   August 22nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm

   I'm sure that Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller,now sit with God.An almost impossible task.Even today,our poor, thougthless society finds it easier to discard the disabled than help.Perhaps they(the diabled) are wiser than we.

6. TrixieinDixie
   August 22nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm

   I got a little choked up there. It's just so amazing to think what Helen Keller achieved in her lifetime - more than many of us who have no disabilities whatsoever...

   If you ever have the opportunity to visit her home in Tuscumbia, Alabama, do! The water pump is still there.

7. stephanie
   August 22nd, 2009 at 5:53 pm

   Wow! I didn't realize that there were any videos of Helen Keller and Ann Sullivan. The method Sullivan used to teach Keller to speak aloud is a wonderful example of human adaptability and ingenuity.

   Thanks for finding this video.

8. Jeaux
   August 22nd, 2009 at 6:14 pm

   As a kid I admired the story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. As a teen, I heard a Helen Keller joke that made me laugh so hard. It's distateful so with apologies: How did Helen Keller burn her left ear? She answered the iron! How did she burn her right ear? They called back!

   It's awful, I know, and I'm sorry but it still makes me laugh 20 years later, even thought it's probably not funny afterall.

9. Ant Dude
   August 22nd, 2009 at 7:04 pm

   Yep, excellent video. It felt incomplete at the end though.

10. JaneM
    August 22nd, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Amazing! Annie Sullivan was a Master and Helen Keller was a genius. Wow and Wow

11. Jason Hackwith
    August 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 am

    Just beautiful. That is actually the first video I've seen of Helen and Anne in action. Helen was indeed a genius and had a beautiful soul... anyone who reads her writing can see just what an amazing mind was there, ready for Anne's gentle instruction.

    Inspiring.

12. A Noun
    August 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 am

    This is also a prime example of adapting teaching techniques to the individual child, instead of the cookie-cutter teaching we have today.

    Individualized learning builds geniuses!

13. abdulhamid
    August 23rd, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    I suspect there was something else going on between these two.

14. Morgan
    August 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    So very neat! Thank you!

15. Jake D.
    August 23rd, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    I was recently led to believe that Helen Keller talked with her hips...

16. ted
    August 24th, 2009 at 6:25 am

    I heard that song on the radio, Jake D. It's good to hear that rappers are so well-educated these days.

17. Gail Pink
    August 24th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    Amazing and very moving. Thanks for posting.

18. Jen Diggity
    August 26th, 2009 at 12:23 am

    I, too, didn't know there was any video. That was pretty awesome to watch. Thanks, Neatorama!

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