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helen keller chp 19 summary

Answer 1

Summary Chapter 19
During the second year at Mr. Gilman’s school, Helen faced many difficulties. Most of the books on the subjects she was studying were not in Braille. The classes were large, and the teachers could not pay her special attention.  Mr. Gilman began to feel that Helen was working very hard to cope with her difficulties, and reduced her recitations. Miss Sullivan and Helen’s parents did not like it. Finally Helen and her sister, Mildred were withdrawn from the school. However, Helen continued her studies under a private tutor named Mr. Merton Keith. Helen took her final exam for Radcliffe college on 29th and 30th June 1899. Facing a lot of hardships and challenges, she passed her examination and thus became eligible to enter the college.        
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Answer 2

Helen looked forward to her second year at Gilman’s school. However, she was confronted with unexpected difficulties that year which caused her a great deal of frustration. • She had to study mathematics without the needed tools. • The classes were larger and it was not possible for the Cambridge teachers to give her special instructions. Anne Sullivan had to read all the books to her. • Helen had to wait in order to buy a Braille writer so that she could do her algebra, geometry and physics. • When the embossed books and the other apparatus arrived, Helen’s difficulties began to disappear and she began to study with confidence. However, Mr. Gilman thought that Helen was overworked and was breaking down. • He insisted that I was overworked, and that I should remain at his school three years longer. He made changes in her studies. • A difference of opinion between Mr. Gilman and Miss Sullivan resulted in Helen’s mother withdrawing Helen and Mildred from the Cambridge school. Helen went on to continue her studies under a tutor. Helen found it easier to study with a tutor than receive instructions in class. • When Helen took her exam in June 1899, she faced many difficulties, as the administrative board of Radcliffe did not realize how difficult they were making her examinations. They did not understand the peculiar difficulties Helen had to go through. However, Helen, with her grit and determination, overcame them all.