"A Choice"

"I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that. It depends upon how hard I want to work, and I decided that I would change it."   

                                                        -Dr. Ben Carson

Many people start their life in a struggle. Not everyone is born in to wealth, so they struggle on their way to success. As we heard, Ben Carson is one of those people who was born in the struggle and yet, like the few there has been, made it through to success. At some point in his life he was doing horrible in school, so much that he was considered to be the worst in the class. His mother was a very strong woman. She wouldn't just let her son fail, like he was doing. She started to make Ben read. Even though he hated it, he did as he was told. Eventually he stumbled upon books that told of great success. This ended up inspiring him to read even more and to try and improve his grades. This lead him to be one of the greatest students ever. After fixing his grades, he was able to have a great education. Once he had this great education in his hand, it was up to him what he would do with it. And he chose the right. He ended up becoming a world renounced surgeon. His specialty was one that had almost never been attempted. Ben Carson was the first to successfully perform surgery on conjoined twins. After his first surgery, his career just sky rocketed. After the years passed, skip ahead to now 2016. He is a retired surgeon, but has gotten involved with politics. And not just low level politics, but he is now a legitimate presidential candidate. After being born in the slums, his success stories is one of the more relate able ones. The reason I say this is because many teens today are born into poverty. Now they have seen that education does help you reach much better places, and stay out of poverty. That is why I think this quote is very inspiring. He didn't just say it, but he lived it. This is what makes this quote so great.