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Ben Carson Biography
Ben Carson grew up being known as the class dummy. Now he is one of the world's smartest nerosurgeon. Ben grew up in a small town in Detroit. When Ben was eight he found out that his dad had a whole other family. His dad moved out and took all of their money. Ben's mom had never worked a day in her life until this. When Ben and his mom and brother were really struggling with money, they moved in with Ben's aunt, uncle, and cousins in Boston. Ben lived with his cousins for two years. When Ben returned to Detroit, he was in fifth grade. Ben was behind in his fifth grade class when he returned. Because of this, Ben was labeled the class dummy. When Ben's mother found out that he was failing almost every class, she turned off the TV and made them …show more content…
Ben was acepted into John Hopkins and moved to Baltimore. Ben spent six yeads at John Hopkins mastering the basics of neurosurgery and conducted research. When Ben completed his training at John Hopkins, the head of his department invited him to stay and serve on the faculty. Ben did decide to stay. While Ben was working at John Hopkins, he learned many things. He also conducted very severe and important surgeries. He was the first person to successfully seperate siamese twins. Not only did he do that, but he also preformed a surgery that had only been preformed once and failed due to complications. Ben would preform surgeries for twenty- four hours sraight with little cat naps while the nurses or the other doctors were working. Ben always relied on the Lord for help and guaisence when he needed it. Every night before a surgery he would pray for the Lord to guide his hands and for him to do the right thing, but most impotantly to keep the person laying on the operation table safe and alive. In 2008, Ben was rewarded the Lincoln Medal for his hard work and determenation. Ben did run for president because he believed that is what t he Lord would have liked for him to do, but unfortunately he lost. Ben Carson is still happilly married to Candy Carson. Together they had three kids, B.J., Murray, and Rhoeyce. He also has few grandchildren. Ben Carson has touched millions with his story of hard work, determenation, and his faith in the

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