A Choice Poverty or Prosperity
 

“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

Reflection: I think that this statement is mostly true. I think that if people work hard than the can better their lives but know that sometimes it is not easy and that sometimes people are stuck. 

        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 red

·         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