BEN CARSON

·       Born in the slums of Detroit in deep  poverty

·       His mother and father were divorced

·       His mother came from a family of 24 children

·       His mother couldn't read

·       His mother raised Ben and his bother ,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 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.”

Dr.Ben Carson

REFLECTION:

WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM BEN CARSON'S WORDNOT SO HARD TO PICK UP A BOOK AND READ IT CAN SOME DAY HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE.