Chapter 3 was a really long chapter but I thought that it was much easier to follow through than the previous two chapters. However, I was definitely more hooked onto this chapter than I was with the first two chapters because it was a lot more easier to follow along. My favorite part to read in this chapter was about his health complications, as silly as it seems. I never knew that Gallaudet had been extraordinarily prone to so many infectious diseases nor did I know it was his cause of death. It was shocking to hear about his opium addiction and how he suffered from anxiety and depression. It’s absolutely heartbreaking to know about struggles he has gone through with his health. Despite many health complications, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet served others because he knew they were less fortunate and it was up to him to help them. Thomas Gallaudet showed others how to overcome limitations and could use multiple different experiences from his life as example: "The family moved to Hartford when Thomas was thirteen, and two years later the boy entered the sophomore class at Yale, where he graduated in 1805. After a year in the law office of Chauncey Goodrich and another two years as a student of English literature and composition and as a tutor at Yale" ("Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet."). Gallaudet exceeded any and all expectations and entered Yale at the age of 14 or 15 and graduated in the top half of his class, showing people that they can do anything they want if they have the goals to achieve it. This was the beginning of Gallaudet's achievements and showing people they too can overcome their limitations. Thomas Gallaudet recognized that everyone is an individual and humans don't all learn the best in the same way and this is reflected in his teaching style: "There were different methods of teaching deaf children, each with their own staunch partisans. Gallaudet had learned the "silent" sign language method in Paris. Others followed the "oral" method, which involved lip-reading and teaching the deaf to speak. Realizing different people have different learning styles; he refused to be limited to one method and instead blended aspects of all the schools into his own style. Gallaudet understood the importance of helping others in any and every way which is why he didn't limit the teaching style at his school, The American School for the Deaf. With his ever-changing styles of teaching and learning new methods for success, Gallaudet established the greatest school for the deaf and dumb and blind in the United States. Thomas Gallaudet used his life as an example and inspiration for others to show them that they too could overcome their limitations. Thomas Gallaudet remained open-minded throughout his career and as a result he established one of the most successful schools for the deaf and dumb and blind. Gallaudet recognized that because of limitations some people couldn't take the same opportunities as others: "Gallaudet met a young deaf girl, Alice Cogswell, who was the daughter of the noted surgeon Dr. Mason Cogswell. At that time, no formal facilities for the education of the deaf existed in the United States. Gallaudet attempted to teach Alice himself, and, although he did have some limited success teaching her to spell a few words, he recognized the need for more effective education for Alice and other deaf children". Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet took it into his own hands to bring a method of communication back to the United States to help children like Alice learn. Being open-minded is the only way that Gallaudet could have succeeded and thanks to his patience, children could begin to learn in the United States no matter what limitations they might possess. After graduating with a distinguished record, Gallaudet tried his hand at law, working for a prominent firm in Hartford, but poor health forced him to resign. He then earned a degree in divinity from Andover Theological Seminary (Now Andover Newton Theological School)