Value Points :

Instructor in Cambridge, prepares Helen for exam in Radcliffe, his knowledge helped her to do the work easily, kept Helen’s mind alert and eager to learn clearly and logically, never taught her how to write an exam.

Detailed Answer :

Mr. Merton S. Keith was an instructor in Cambridge. He came out to Wrentham twice a week and taught Algebra, Geometry, Greek and Latin to Helen Keller. He prepared Helen for her exams for Radcliffe. He gave Helen lessons for five times a week, for periods of about an hour. His knowledge helped her to do the work easily. Whenever there was anything, which Helen did not understand, he explained it each time. He used to assign her new work and took pains to correct the work the Greek exercises, which she used to write on her typewriter. This helped her work faster. He made mathematics; the subject which she liked the least, interesting. He kept her mind alert and eager and trained it to reason also. He taught her to reach the conclusions calmly and logically and not by jumping mildly into nowhere. He was gentle towards her. But there was one thing which put Helen into trouble. He had relied too much on Helen’s mental ability to solve the problems and never taught her to write examination papers. With the result, she faced problems while appearing for the examination.