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 in his
grade school classes
· Ben becomes the top student in his
school
· Ben becomes a world renowned doctor
STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT
A CHOICE A POVERTY OR PROSPERITY
“I HATED POVERTY. POVERTY IS MORE OF A CHOICE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND I CAN CHANGE THAT. IT DEPENDS UPON HOW HARD I WANT TO
WORK, AND I DECIDED THAT I WOULD CHANGE.” 