Ben's Mother- Sonya Carson
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Ben's Family
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
by: Ben Carson, M.D.
-Name: Ben Carson
-Date of birth: September 18, 1951
-Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan
-Occupation: Pediatric
Nuerosurgeon
-Why he's Important: He broke through to new grounds of surgery no had ever done or attempted
-Current Age: 59
Family
Ben's mother Sonya was a very smart woman though she only had a third grade education and could barely read. She married when she was 13 years of age. Sonya Carson's life motto is: "Learn to do your best and God will do the rest." She put this motto in practice for herself to motivate her while raising her sons. Ben's father had cheated on his mother, divorced her and left the house when Ben was only eight leaving Sonya to raise the kids on her own. Ben's older brother, Curtis, was two years his elder and his academic, social, and private struggles were very similar to his brother's.
-Talent: Our Creator has endowed all of us not just with the ability to sing, dance or throw a ball, but with intellectual talent. Start getting in touch with that part of you that is intellectual and develop that, and think of careers that will allow you to use that.
-Honesty: If you lead a clean and honest life, you don't put skeletons in the closet. If you put skeletons in the closet, they definitely will come back just when you don't want to see them and ruin your life.
-Insight: It comes from people who have already gone where you're trying to go. Learn from their triumphs and their mistakes.
-Nice: If you're nice to people, then once they get over the suspicion of why you're being nice, they will be nice to you.
-Knowledge: It makes you into a more valuable person. The more knowledge you have, the more people need you. It's an interesting phenomenon, but when people need you, they pay you, so you'll be okay in life.
-Books: They are the mechanism for obtaining knowledge, as opposed to television.
-In-Depth Learning: Learn for the sake of knowledge and understanding, rather than for the sake of impressing people or taking a test.
-God: Never get too big for Him.
Quotes
One of Ben Carson's famous quotes is "THINK BIG" which he uses during his inspirational talks to young people about striving for exellence. Each letter stands for something he believes is the keys to sucess:
Childhood
Benjamin's main drive during his childhood was his mother's encouragement. He and his brother fell way behind in school and when their mother noticed that she stepped in and changed the rules including limiting the boys' TV viewing hours and having the boys read two books every week and do a report on each. In only a few weeks their grades improved and Ben's classmates who jus a while ago called him
dumb now praised him for his vast knowledge.
Links:
Summary of Ben's Life and Times:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haZDohtY bc
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYmhJUeo BE
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