Ben Carson

Benjamin S. Carson has passed many milestones in medical history. "I was the dumbest kid in the class,” (Carson). This is why his success took such great efforts.

As Benjamin was growing up, his grades were taking toll on his life, kids always made fun of him for his stupidity. After one day when his mother had seen his grades, she began to control and regulate his life; she shortened his television watching privileges by limiting him to two programs a week. She also made him read a book every week, and also write a report on each book. This was a great plan until his first book report got in. Benjamin’s mother never learned to read. Once he had reached adulthood he attended Yale University and became a neurosurgeon.

Benjamin Carson is a hero because he had saved two Siamese twins from death, by separating them. They had a symptom that caused their brains to expand, meaning they would possibly implode and then die. Benjamin successfully completed the task in 22 hours with the help of over 70 professionals, and this operation is also the first operation to successfully separate a pair of Siamese twins in medical history. His job as a neurosurgeon has had a great effect on the lives of many people and his new marks on history that can later be repeated to save multiple patients, as a neurosurgeon, he saves many lives just by doing his own job.

He is an inspiration to children in elementary school who have big hopes and dreams but aren’t doing too well in school. Because he worked hard and put a lot of effort into his learning he became a great figure in his medical life. Now, he is the director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Medical Institutions since 1984. ”

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