Describe Helen Keller’s experiences at Radcliffe. What difficulties did she face there ?
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Helen’s wish to join Radcliff College was fulfilled in the fall of 1900 after a considerable effort. She was so excited at the prospect of studying with girls who could see and hear. She began her studies with eagerness hoping to find a reality match to her world of imagination at the college. The lecture-halls seemed filled with the spirit of the great and the wise, and she thought the professors were the embodiment of wisdom. However, a bitter disillusionment awaited her. She soon discovered that college was not quite the romantic place she had imagined. Helen expresses her disillusionment in the following words: “Many of the dreams that had delighted my young inexperience became beautifully less and "faded into the light of common day." Gradually I began to find that there were disadvantages in going to college.”
Helen felt at college there was lack of time. Learning was imparted at a fast pace without considering whether it was being imbibed or not. Inside the class Helen felt ‘practically alone’. The professor appeared to be as remote as if he were speaking through a telephone. The lectures were spelled into her hand as rapidly as possible, and much of the individuality of the lecturer was lost to her in the effort to keep in the race. Helen describes the hurry in the following simile: “The words rush through my hand like hounds in pursuit of a hare which they often miss.”
So we see Helen was not much impressed with her experience at Radcliffe College.
Helen entered Radcliffe college . hard work and focus paid off and Helen entered the Radcliffe college , only after a year of study under Mr. Keith . Helen was exited and happy and she was keen to compete with those who could see and hear . soon, she realised there were many difficulties on her path to achieve what she aimed for. however she was eager to overcome these obstacles. around her she saw that students were spirited and wise and the professor were an example of knowledge and wisdom.
among many students in the class , it was not possible for Helen to get an individual attention she required. she also felt that one went to college to learn not to think. earlier she used to have the time to think , reflect and to talk to yhe mind .this was not possible in the college . in the classroom she was almost alone and there were no personalised communication with professors . very few books were printed for the blind.
a marvelous, English teacher Mr Copeland made the study of subjects interesting and exciting