Friday, January 30, 2015

Student Success Statement: Ben Carson

A Choice: Poverty or Prosperity
"I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that [poverty]. It depends upon how hard I want to work, and I decided that I would change it."
Ben Carson by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
I am half and half on this because while I do believe that with hard work and determination can get you out of poverty i don't believe everyone has the choice the to get out of poverty. In some situations people either have to work to make money for their family or abandon them and hope they'll live long enough for them to watch you get rich. In my eyes money is greed but of course if you want to live you need money. Everything is about survival. I for one want to survive. But we have people like Ben who may disagree with me. He was born extremely poor. His mother didn't even know how to read so he may see things differently. 

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