Ben Carson By Jiovany Reyes, HMP

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Ben Carson By Jiovany Reyes, HMP

• Do your best and let God do the rest.  Ben
  Carson

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Early Life

• On September 16, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan,
  one of the greatest minds in history was born,
  Benjamin Solomon Carson. Ben's early life was
  difficult, growing up in the hardened climate of
  inner-city Detroit .

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• After his parents divorced, Ben and his
  brother were raised by their mother, Sonya
  Carson. The family was very poor and his mother
  had three jobs just to make ends meet. However,
  Sonya taught her boys that anything was possible.

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The Dream Begins

• Every time the Carson family went to the
  hospital they would wait a long time to be seen
  by the interns. As they waited to be seen, Ben
  would listen to the pulse of the hospital as
  doctors and nurses went about their routines. He
  would hear doctors names being called over the
  PA system and fantasized that one day theyd be
  calling for a Dr. Carson.

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A Rough Road Ahead
Dr. Carson's Interview

• Both Ben and his brother experienced
  difficulty in school. Ben developed a violent and
  uncontrollable temper, and was known to attack
  other children at the slightest provocation. The
  poverty he lived in coupled with his difficulty
  in school made his anger issues worse. However,
  his mother did not give up. She was determined to
  turn her sons around. She was criticized for this
  by her friends, who said the boys would grow up
  hating her. But she was determined her sons would
  have greater opportunities than she did.

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• Within a year, Ben Carson was amazing his
  teachers and classmates with his academic
  improvement. He began to realize he wasnt
  stupid. Before long he was at the top of his
  class. However, Ben still had a terrible temper.
  Terrified by his own actions, he started praying
  asking God to help him find a way to deal with
  his temper. He found salvation in the book of
  Proverbs in a passage that went, Better a
  patient man than a warrior, a man who controls
  his temper than one who takes a city.

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His Career Begins..

• Ben graduated with Honors from high school,
  he knew he wanted to pursue a medical career. But
  he wasnt financially well off, Carson had to
  work his way through college. From his work and a
  scholarship, he attended Yale University and
  earned a B.A. degree in psychology.

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• After graduating from Yale in 1973, Carson
  enrolled in the University of Michigan School of
  Medicine, choosing to become a neurosurgeon. In
  1975 he married Candy Rustin whom he met at Yale.
  He earned his medical degree and moved to
  Baltimore , where he became a resident at John
  Hopkins.

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Highlights of his Career

• Full time professor of Neurosurgery , Oncology,
  Plastic Surgery, and Pediatrics at John Hopkins
  Hospital
• Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the John
  Hopkins Childrens Center
• First Successful separation of craniopagus twins
  
• 2001 CNN and Time magazine named Carson as one of
  the Nations 20 most foremost physicians and
  scientists
• 2001 Library of Congress selected him as one of
  89 Living Legends
• 2006 NAACPs Spingarn Medal
• 2008 President Bush awarded Carson the Lincoln
  Theatre Medal
• 2008 Presidential Medal of Freedom U.S.
  Highest Civilian honor

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Presidential Medal of Freedom
Newscast
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• Success is determined not by whether or not you
  face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And
  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.
• God has given us more than fourteen billion
  cells and connections in our brain. Why would God
  give us such a complex organ system unless he
  expects us to use it? 
• Everyone in the world is worth being nice to.
  Because God never creates inferior human beings,
  each person deserves respect and dignity. 
• If we acknowledge our need for God, He will help
  us. 

THINK BIG !!