student success statement

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.”