Benjamin Solomon Carson was born in Detroit on September 18, 1951. He is the son of Sonya and Robert Solomon Carson. His mom was from Tennessee and dropped out of school in the third grade. With the limited things she could do in life she married Robert Carson, minister and factory worker, when she was 13. They moved to Detroit and had two children ("Benjamin C"). But Sonya eventually discovered her husband was a player and had another secret family. They were divorced and Robert went to live with his other family and left Sonya and her children broke as it gets and scraping for money ("Benjamin C"). Ben Carson graduated with honors from high school and also was a senior commander in the school's ROTC program. He earned a full scholarship to Yale receiving a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Ben Carson enrolled in the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan choosing to become a neurosurgeon instead of a therapist. He married Lacena "Candy" Rustin. He met her at Yale ("Benjamin C"). Carson earned his medical degree and then the couple moved to Maryland where he became an intern at Johns Hopkins University. His excellent eye-hand coordination and reasoning skills made him a superior surgeon early on. He was top…
We will - we all do. How we view those problems determines how we end up,” (Ben Carson). Ben Carson, born Benjamin Solomon Carson, is currently a pediatric neurosurgeon, amongst numerous other titles. He has written his own books, midst them is Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. Ben Carson’s childhood was strenuous, nonetheless his mother pushing him, an improvement in his grades and his outstanding surgical skills made him an influential person in the field of health care. Coming from a…
This is a story of a pediatric neurosurgeon name Ben Carson his brother Curtis and her mother Sonya. Sonya Carson is mother of ben and Curtis. In starting of the book, they describe about his husband. Sonya Carson get married at the age of 13 and after that they have two children and they lived in Detroit but because of some reason ben daddy left his family and never come back. This is the hardest time for ben and his brother to see future without his father. He remembers how they used to play…
Independently I have read the book Gifted Hands by Ben Carson. Most of these books were related to me directly and others were related to general world and society around me. The book Gifted Hands is a great way for me to gain knowledge about the medical field and how to work hard to gain admission into medical school. Gifted Hands is a book written by Ben Carson which discusses his life as a surgeon and his autobiography. He discusses his hardships and the difficulties he went through to…
In the book Gifted Hands, Ben Carson comes up with this thing called THINK BIG. THINK BIG is what Ben Carson told all the students that he has spoken to. He uses this concept to help his students. I think the honesty, nice ,and God are the most important. Honesty helped Ben Carson become a neurosurgeon. He was taking a retake of an exam and it had harder questions in the new test, so the professor left the room well people started living, and Ben Carson stayed and at the end he was the only…
Ben Carson has impacted my personal life by motivating me to be more diligent in my studies. In his early life Carson never really had much. He lived in inner city - Detroit in a small house, with just his mother and brother. Sonya Carson, Ben's mother, was the person who pushed him to do better than just average. "Mother had a clear understanding of how things would be for us boys" says Carson about his mother. Although, Sonya had her own struggles, she was still "hard working, goal oriented,…
Ben Carson, born on September 18, 1951, was a phenomenal neurosurgeon. He had a rough start to life, with anger and academic issues. The reason he changed was because he was driven to accomplish his goals of getting higher grades in school and accomplishing being the top of his class in eighth grade. The reason why Carson is a motivation to me is because of his accomplishments of pursuing a medical career, performing outrageous surgeries, and having a drive to believe that anything is possible.…
Surgical innovations have evolved over the years as medicine has advanced. Dr. Denton Cooley, Dr. Frank Jobe, and Dr. Ben Carson have all contributed in great capacity to change the surgical field and to save lives. Though controversial and sometimes outspoken, Dr. Denton Cooley, Dr. Frank Jobe, and Dr. Ben Carson have all developed innovative surgical procedures that help change the lives of many people. Dr. Denton Cooley innovated a procedure that bought time for his patients awaiting a second…
Dr. Ben Carson has had many successes in his life, and in his biography, Gifted Hands, he explains his formula for being successful in life. Setting goals and making plans in a person’s life will allow them to see what they need to do in order to achieve those goals. Dr. Carson’s formula for success in life is explained in his THINK BIG acronym. The three most important ideas for success in life from THINK BIG are knowledge, books, and God. I believe that knowledge is a big when it comes to…
Thomas Carter. Based on a true story that was written by Benjamin Carson himself, "Gifted Hands" was the new inspiration for young adults or perhaps children to pursue their desired career, but also keep in mind that there will be obstacles that'll be challenging while on the journey of their dreams. Benjamin knew how difficult it would be and how far he would have to travel let alone, he was African American so racial discrimination was heavily enforced by those democrats who were not at a…