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 that.”

By: Dr. Ben Carson

What this quote means is that he always hated poverty but there was nothing he can do about it. His parents were divorced, he was poor, and his mom was blind and had 24 children she didn’t even know what to do. This also means that he did not know what was education because the only thing he did was watch TV he did not even learn he was the worst student in the class. Until, finally one day he became the best student in his class and he was the president which what he did was to be successful and read, study and that is when he became a doctor and then the president. This means that it took a lot of effort for him to be where he is know because he accomplished his goal and became the best of the best and even though his mom couldn’t see she was really proud of him because he stood up for himself and know he is a doctor and a president which is really great because he was just a poor kid and his parents were divorced. It depends whether or not you want a good life where you are successful, and have a good career or whether you want a bad life where you are poor and you just don’t know what to do that you decide to put other people in there and the choose your path and you destroy your own life. Always make the right choices wherever you are and don’t let anyone stop you from that.