Question

write about helen's experience at Cambridge school.

Answer 1

Helen had to prepare for Radcliffe for which she joined Cambridge . She remember that how she paced towards academic learning there. She was delighted on meeting other people like her there but at the same time also felt sorry for them. The teachers gave their best to provide their students with every facility that a normal child gets in a school . The Staff along with the Principal proved very helpful for Helen . Helen also did face some problems like her German teacher knew how to spell manual alphabets but her French teacher didn't , so Helen had to work twice hard for French . She also sometimes went in Depression as she was not able to handle the full course for which the Principle emphasized to cut half the course for her but it meant her longer stay in the school , as a result her mom withdrew her and her sister from it .

Answer 2

In the autumn of the year 1896, Helen "entered the Cambridge School for Young Ladies, to be prepared for Radcliffe [College]."  She quickly discovered that school was quite an adjustment.  The teachers there were not used to teaching blind or deaf students.  Helen needed many accommodations to complete her coursework.  Her teacher, Annie Sullivan, assisted Helen by fingerspelling the lectures and readings into her hand.  The only other way that Helen could communicate with her instructors was to press her fingers against their mouths as they spoke.

Helen studied many subjects at school.  These subjects ranged from literature to history.  There was a great amount of work required for her classes.  Helen was assigned large sections of reading.  It was too much for Ms. Sullivan to spell into Helen's hand, and there were not many books with raised print at that time.

Cambridge was full of new adventures.  Helen made friends, some of whom learned to communicate with her.  Eventually, her sister Mildred joined her at school.  Helen took exams for entrance into Radcliffe, which she passed.