Student Success Statement 

* 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 

Dr. Ben Carson

"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."