His name would be Benjamin Solomon Carson. This book describes the story of the world renown neurosurgeon and a presidential candidate for the 2016 race who defeated all odds and broke the curse of being a poor black kid in the ghetto and wouldn’t amount to nothing. Poor Black kid who lived in Detroit, moved all the time, Father was a bigamist. It also gives a positive outlook on the importance and value of obtaining quality education. I would recommend this book to junior readers and young adult who may need help in defining or finding themselves. There is also a bonus at the end of the book. The illustrator shares insight of various stages in Ben's life using family pictures as well as pictures of recognition and achievements. He pursued his education and excelled academically as well as socially to become who we know as the famous Dr. Carson, he eventually found himself becoming more interested in Science. Through all the exposure of music, art, and reading that was given to Dr. We follow Ben through the struggles of poverty, embarrassment and living in a single parent home. However, through the love and support of an awesome mother, she encouraged both of her boys to get a good quality education. Ben Carson did not know that he wanted to become a doctor and was just like many other young kids who did not find school exciting. I'll be studying psychology soon, and I know it wouldn't have been possible without the guidelines which Dr.Interesting to know that Dr. I learned to apply the "Think Big" principle in my personal life, and it has tremendously changed my way of living and thinking.
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I started to believe in myself again because I learned that becoming a success in this world isn't due to mere smartness, but a result of the willingness to be changed by God plus hard work and sometimes even taking on pains.
I had never heard of Dr.Carson before, and I thought, "Great, another fine man who tells about how much God can use only superbrains in this world!" All the more I was suprised to read Dr.Carson's biography which was totally opposite of what I had expected. I felt worthless and dumb because I messed up a lot of exams due to the lack of motivation and ambition. I had lost all my perspective, motivation, and joy in going to school and learning new things. I read "Gifted Hands" in a time when I was undecisive about my future life. Through it all shines a humility, quick wit, and down-to-earth style that make this book one you won't easily forget. This inspiring autobiography takes you into the operating room to witness surgeries that made headlines around the world - and into the private mind of a compassionate, God-fearing physician who lives to help others. Gifted Hands is the riveting story of one man's secret for success, tested against daunting odds and driven by an incredible mindset that dares to take risks. Ben Carson holds twenty honorary doctorates and is the possessor of a long string of honors and awards, including the Horatio Alger Award, induction into the "Great Blacks in Wax" Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, and an invitation as Keynote Speaker at the 1997 President's National Prayer Breakfast. and finally, at age 33, the directorship of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. the University of Michigan Medical School. Trust in God, a relentless belief in his own capabilities, and sheer determination catapulted Ben from failing grades to the top of his class - and beyond to a Yale scholarship. But Sonya Carson convinced her son that he could make something of his life, even though everything around him said otherwise. And a pathological temper threatened to put him in jail. Raised in inner-city Detroit by a mother with a third grade education, Ben lacked motivation.
He's been beating the odds since he was a child. But such breakthroughs aren't unusual for Ben Carson. Carson pioneered again in a rare procedure known as hemispherectomy, giving children without hope a second chance at life through a daring operation in which he literally removed one half of their brain. The extremely complex and delicate operation, five months in the planning and twenty-two hours in the execution, involved a surgical plan that Carson helped initiate. Benjamin Carson gained worldwide recognition for his part in the first successful separation of Siamese twins joined at the back of the head.
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