Chapter Eighteen of The Story of My Life is about Helen's first year at the Cambridge School for Young Ladies. Helen attended the school to prepare for college. She met many new people at the school, including two teachers:
Frau Gröte was Helen's German teacher at the school. Determined to help Helen as much as possible, she "learned the finger alphabet." Despite this great amount of effort on the part of Frau Gröte, Helen found...
Chapter Eighteen of The Story of My Life is about Helen's first year at the Cambridge School for Young Ladies. Helen attended the school to prepare for college. She met many new people at the school, including two teachers:
Frau Gröte was Helen's German teacher at the school. Determined to help Helen as much as possible, she "learned the finger alphabet." Despite this great amount of effort on the part of Frau Gröte, Helen found her finger spelling to be "slow and inadequate." Helen still found her teacher to be kind and she recognized the "the goodness of her heart [as] she laboriously spelled out her instructions... in special lessons."
Mr. Gilman was the principal of the school. He was the only other person there to learn how to use the finger alphabet in order to assist Helen. He also "instructed [her] part of the year in English literature." He allowed Helen's sister, Mildred, to enter the school. He also patiently finger spelled all the content on Helen's exams into her palm for many hours.
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