inspirational book written by Ben Carson. Carson starts the book by telling the readers about the history of his life. He continues to narrate, how he made it through hard work and perseverance and introduces the audience to his mentors, and how they influenced his life. The second half of the book is now the core of his writing as he uses the acronym Think Big in explaining his success. In addition, he explains to the readers on how to focus a journey to success. Ben Carson wrote this book as a motivation
“You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen.” This quote is by Ben Carson, the person whose story I believe has had the most influence in my life. Throughout his life he faced many trials and tribulations, which forced him to make many life-altering decisions. He overcame poverty, racism, and a violent temper and he went from an “unhappy” childhood
residencies, and fellowships. If it was easy, anyone could become one. But not everyone does, because it takes a special calling. When I was 8 years old, I read Ben Carson’s “Gifted Hands”. In order to become the success he is today, Dr. Carson had to jump over hurdle after hurdle. Born into poverty and an illiterate single mother, Dr. Carson
home in Detroit, Michigan, Ben Carson developed a terrible hot temper along with severe low self-esteem at a very young age. He was just another kid trying to survive. His possibility for a decent future didn’t look good. The deck was definitely stacked against him. Remember though, that in America, it doesn’t matter what cards you are dealt, it only matters how you play the hand, and the Carson family managed to play their hand quite well. Today, Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. is the Director of Pediatric
willing to grow up, and have faith through the long journey that we call life. To begin, one must dream of success. According to Ben Carson’s quote from his book Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, he states “...if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.” Carson looks at the positives of these challenges. He views them as hurdles that we must overcome to continue on with our life with
Everyone on Earth is dealt different hands. Some have been gifted with wealth; others are born into a world of very little. Lucky children have been welcomed into a loving family; others are merely one of several children, of whom only half will reach adulthood. Finally, a few are destined to be brilliant, while the rest are not as clever. When it comes to education and levels of intelligence, however, who really has been gifted? “Intelligence in childhood is a risk factor for psychological distress
It is one of the grass to grace stories ; An African American boy who was raised without a father and whose mother finished only the third grade, married at thirteen years of age, had three jobs and lived in the poverty stricken city of Detroit. Ben Carson while battling with anger issues and his brother Curtis decided to follow the norm set by the society they lived in; their grades were nothing
Molecular and Microbiology. Many people hear the major and shudder; thoughts of sleepless nights, studying for courses unintelligible by the ‘average’ person, mad scientists hunched over test tubes and doctors doing open heart surgery. Research science and medicine, that’s what my major is geared towards, and I’m pursuing the medicine side of it all. Maybe I’ll be that open heart surgeon that comes to mind, or maybe just a family practitioner, either way, I want more than anything to be a doctor
Black individuals are observed as inferior to those of white complexion, they are often stereotyped and are seen as being illiterate and unattractive. Trevor Rhone is a famous Jamaican author who wrote many interesting books, one of which is Old Story Time. Racial and class discrimination was a prominent theme in the book. Mr. Rhone was able to use a black Jamaican woman with the stage name Miss Aggy to capture the theme. Even though her native colour is black she restricted her son from dating
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