Comments on: Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan

By: Jen Diggity

Jen Diggity — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:23:19 +0000

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

By: Gail Pink

Gail Pink — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:57:56 +0000

Amazing and very moving. Thanks for posting.

By: ted

ted — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:25:02 +0000

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

By: Jake D.

Jake D. — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:41:59 +0000

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

By: Morgan

Morgan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:48:25 +0000

So very neat! Thank you!

By: abdulhamid

abdulhamid — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:57:58 +0000

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

By: A Noun

A Noun — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:24:02 +0000

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!

By: Jason Hackwith

Jason Hackwith — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:15:11 +0000

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.

By: JaneM

JaneM — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:01:30 +0000

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

By: Ant Dude

Ant Dude — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:04:34 +0000

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

By: Jeaux

Jeaux — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:14:21 +0000

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.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:53:51 +0000

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.

By: TrixieinDixie

TrixieinDixie — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:29:17 +0000

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.

By: ironman

ironman — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:10:26 +0000

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.

By: whiskeyspider

whiskeyspider — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:35:10 +0000

Very cool. Thanks!

By: ted

ted — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:04:58 +0000

Wow. I liked that.

By: delroy

delroy — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:04:35 +0000

Incredible !!!!

By: LisaL

LisaL — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:02:19 +0000

That was pretty darn neat.