7.) Student Success Statement

                  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 of his 5^th grade class.

·     Best student of his class

·     Became the most famous surgeon later on.

   

A Choice: Poverty or Prosperity

“I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change the (poverty). It depends upon how hard I want to work, and I decided that I would change it”