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 
• Ben becomes top stduent in his school
• Ben becomes a  world reowned 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 chang it."

Reflection: His life wasn't so pleasant because he was poor and he wasn't all that smart. He didn't live with his father, he only lived with his mother.