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

“I hated 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.”

Reflection:

If you don’t like the situation you’re in, you can change that. For example for Carson, he could’ve stayed living the way he did and not pay attention to his mom and continue school as he did, doing absolutely nothing but instead he listened to his mom and look at him now. He made the top student at his school and attended Yale University. He chose the right in order to succeed in life and help out his mom. You just have to work hard and strive hard in order to succeed in life just like Carson did.