miracle worker

Captain Keller
Alder's Way
Tuscumbia, AL

March 16th, 1886

Dr Anagnos
P.I.B.
Hollerith Way
Boston MA


Dear Dr Anagnos,

    Please help me find a teacher for my 6 and a half year old daughter, Helen. She is blind, deaf, and mute. She is also a manner-less savage prone to tantrums and will get angered at anything. The salary is 45$/month. The skills that are required are patience, strictness, respect, and preferably experience. Please respond,

                                                                                                   Sincerely,
                                                                                                      Captain Keller.

teach someone something

One night I taught my brother, Garrison, to tie a loop knot, it was the easiest thing I could think of. My brother was also the one in my family who didn't know how to tie that type of knot, which is why I chose him. The lesson took long if you know how easy it is to tie a knot, and Garrison was to thank for that, as he didn't really catch on 'til the end. Overall, the lesson took about 15 minutes.