This document compares Helen Keller and Brittni Colleps and discusses their impacts. Helen Keller was deaf and blind but became an author, political activist, and educator who advocated for people with disabilities. Brittni Colleps was a teacher who had sex with her students and served 5 years in jail. The document outlines their biographies and quotes. It analyzes how Helen Keller exemplified moral qualities and positively impacted society by changing views of disabilities, while Brittni Colleps violated ethics and her impact was smaller, mainly affecting victim's families.

1. Helen Keller and
Brittni Colleps
A CHARACTER STUDY IN BODY ETHICS
By: Becky Knutson
Ileana Roiz-Felipe, EdD, MS
09/08/2015

2. Comparison
Helen Keller
 Deaf & Blind
 An Author
 Political Activist
 An Educator
Brittni Colleps
 An Educator
 Participated in Group Sex
 Had Sex with Students
 Sentenced to Five Years in Jail

3. Helen Keller
 Born June 27, 1880
 She became ill which caused her
to become deaf and blind
 She was outspoken in her
principles
 She pushed for revolutionary
changes
 People with disabilities were able
to be in mainstream education
and employment because of
Helen’s inspiration
(Helen Keller’s Biography, 2015)

4. Helen Keller Quote
“I will not just live my life. I
will not just spend my life. I
will invest my life.”

5. Brittni Colleps
 Age 28 when engaging with 18-19
year old students in sex
 She was the students’ teacher
 She was and still is a wife and
mother of three
 “Anything goes in sex kind of girl”
 She engaged several times with
students in group sex
(Dubreuil, 2012)

6. Brittni Colleps Quote
“They didn't feel like I victimized them.
They didn't feel like victims, you know,
last year, they don't feel like victims
now. And they didn't want anything to
happen to me either”

7. Moral Qualities
Helen Keller- Exemplified
 An advocate for Women’s
suffrage
 Ideals were found at their purest
 Worked at the American
Foundation for the Blind for over 40
years
 Constant optimism and courage
 Helped formulate special services
for the deaf-blind
Brittni Colleps- Violated
 Lust for others outside her marriage
 Many counts of extramarital sexual
encounters
 Admitted to sex with 8 people at a
time including both male and
female
 Was in a position of power when
propositioning students for sex

8. Helen Keller’s Impact
 Helen impacted the mass population by her political standpoints.
 She made changes to the way the disabled were viewed.
 She moved others to do more with their lives.
 Helen is well known and studied in many schools still today

9. Brittni Colleps Impact
 Brittni’s impact is much smaller than Helen’s.
 Her biggest impact was to her family and all the families of the
victims.
 Her trial was very well-known, which means that others viewed her
mishaps but it did not affect their everyday life.

10. Side by Side Image Comparison
Helen Keller Brittni Colleps

11. Links to Scholarly Article On Helen
Keller
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/trave
l/destinations/2010-04-13-new-york-
helen-keller-exhibit_N.htm

12. References
Dubreuil, J. (2012, September 28) Teacher Who Had Group Sex With Students Says She’s the Victim. ABC
News. Retrieved from http://abcnews.go.com/US/brittni-colleps-texas-teacher-group-sex-students-
shes/story?id=17338821
Helen Keller Biography. (2015) American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved from
http://www.afb.org/info/about-us/helen-keller/biography-and-chronology/biography/1235