The life of Alexander Bell and how he changed the way we communicateAlexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, England Scotland. Her mother was Eliza Grace Symonds Bell and her father was Alexander Melville Bell. He had two brothers who both died of tuberculosis. Their names were Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell. Her mother was deaf and this taught her to overcome people's disadvantages and find solutions to help them. His father was a professor who taught elocution to the deaf, which influenced Bell's later career choice as a teacher of the deaf. His middle name was given to him by his parents as a present for his eleventh birthday, as they had not given him one when he was born. When Alexander was 12 years old, he noticed the slow process of hulling the wheat grain. He went home and made a device with rotating paddles, with sets of nail brushes that hulled wheat. It was his very first invention. In this article, I'm going to tell you about the life of Alexander Bell and how he changed the way we communicate. (http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell) Bell was homeschooled by his mother and received only one year of formal education at a private school and two years at the Royal High School in Edinburgh. After two years of high school, he dropped out and went to London to live with and care for his grandfather. He then enrolled at the Western House Academy. At the age of 16, he obtained a position as a student teacher of music and elocution at the academy. In 1871, Melville Bell senior was invited to teach at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes, but as his lecture tour conflicted with his teaching, he recommended Alexander in his place. He was v...... middle of paper ......cagotribune.com). What I believe it means is that someone fails or doesn't get something, another door opens, and they regret not trying hard enough or not succeeding , and the door that opened is now closed. (Sydney N, Nytimes.com)Works Cited “Alexander Graham Bell.” 2014. Biography Channel website.Web February 7, 2014, 04:44 http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-graham-bell-9205497."Alexander Graham Bell". Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. February 7, 2014 Sydney, N. “Dr. Bell, Inventor of the Telephone, Dies” The New York Times, Nytimes.com. Web February 21, 2014. Thompson, Marilyn and Frank, Jackie, “Alexander Graham Bell Speaks and 2013 Hears His Voice.” » chicagotribune.com. Web, April 7, 2014