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."