Gifted Hands The Ben Carson story

By peter6828

  • Ben Carson is born

    Ben Carson is born in Detroit, Michigan

  • The Father Leaves The Family

    Mr Carson, Ben's dad, leaves the family

  • The Divorce

    Ben's parents get a divorce

  • Ben's family moves to Boston to live with relatives

    Young Ben, his brother Curtis and his mother move to live with relatives to save money after their Dad abandons the family.

  • Sep 13 1961

    Young Ben struggles in School and is called the dumbest kid in the school.

  • Ben gets glasses

    Ben finds out his learning problems are because he cannot read the board without glasses. Once he gets glasses, he can read better and his grades begin to improve.

  • Ben gets all F grades and his Mom bans TV

    Ben and his brother get all Fs on their report cards. Mom limits TV watching and forces them to read. Their grades get much better.

  • Ben goes to the top of his 7th grade class for grades

    Due to his strong reading and studying Ben goes from being the dumbest kid in the class to one of the smartest kids and other kids ask him for help with homework. Hard work pays off for Ben.

  • Ben Starts high School back in Michigan

    Ben Starts high School back in Michigan

  • Ben gets invited to Yale to tour the University

    In high school Ben get's really good grades and gets invited to Yale to tour the university for college.

  • Ben Carson graduates from high school

    After year of being known ans the class idiot and years of hardword and dedication he gets accepted to yale.

  • Ben graduates from Yale

    Yeas of hard work pays off when Ben finishes yale.

  • Ben meets his future wife Candie

    At Yale Ben meets his girlfriend, Candie who later becomes his wife.

  • Ben begins Medical School at the University of Michigan

    Ben begins to study medicine at the University of Michigan.

  • Ben is invited to become a pediatric neurosurgeon

    Ben dedicates his medical work to operating on children

  • Sep 5 1987 Ben operates on siamese twins

    Ben finishes a difficult but successful surgery to separate siamese twins.

  • Jun 19 2008 Ben receives the Presidential Medal of Honor

    Ben gets a meadle of honer. after all he went throu in is life he pulled throu to become a great person.