Ben Carson

                              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 class
- Ben becomes top student in his school
- Ben becomes a world renowned doctor

"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 change it."

Dr. Ben Carson