Anne Sullivan
Educator
1866-04-14 – 1936-10-20
Anne Sullivan was an American teacher best known as the lifelong instructor and companion of Helen Keller. Her work in teaching Keller became a landmark in education for people with disabilities.
Books by Anne Sullivan
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Story of My Life
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The Adventures of Dino and Spike
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Quotes by Anne Sullivan
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Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.
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I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.
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Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.
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The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.
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The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.
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