Dr. Ben Carson

Ben Carson

·      Born in the slums of Detroit, in deep poverty

·       His mother and father divorced

·       His mother came from a family of 24 Children

·       His mother couldn’t read

·       His mother raised Ben and his brother, Curtis

·       Ben was the worst student in his grade school class

·       Ben becomes top student in his school

·       Ben becomes a world renowned doctor

Student Success Statement

A Choice: Poverty or Prosperity

“I hate poverty. Poverty is more of a

choice than anything else, and I can change

that (poverty). It depends upon how

 hard I want to work, and I decided

that I would change it.”

Dr. Ben Carson

Reflection: I agree with Dr. Ben Carson. If you really want to accomplish something then you WILL accomplish it. It really dose depend on how hard you want to work because if your lazy but yet you want to change the fact of being poor, you aren’t going to be able to accomplish it. You need to work hard in order to get what you want. It may not be easy but at the end of the day you’ll realize that all that hard work was worth it.