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 decide that I would change it.”

-Ben Carson

Reflection:  I think that what he says is true because if you are in poverty and you don’t like it you must succeed in order to get out of poverty. You should work hard to get out of the situation you are in and become a successful person in life.

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