Student 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 worst student in his grade school class 
• Ben become top student in his school 
• Ben become a world renowned doctor 

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 decided that i would change it." 

Dr. Ben Carson 

When he says that i think of the way his life change. He went to poor without education and such to a man of power and with education. What he means is a person chooses the way they want to live their life, whether they want to work hard and do better or sit around and do nothing. In reality his life only change because he receive knowledge from books and stop sitting around and watching T.V. all day. Basically all you have to do is have ambition to succeed and want to change your life while doing all the right things.