Ben Carson: “Children Raised By Single Parents End Up Poor And Become Criminals”

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13. Actually He Does

Although Ben Carson's single mom did, what many would say is, a good job raising him he almost messed up his life. Some might say Carson has a problem blaming himself for having almost thrown away his chance at a good life. From what I have read Carson had a really good mom. According to Biography.com and Carson himself, his mom pushed him and his brother really hard to do well in school and educate themselves. She restricted their TV time and required them to read two books a week and write book reports. His mother along with a number of teachers helped him do well in school and eventually he attended Yale University.

Despite what his mom and his teachers did Carson had violent outbursts. According to Biography.com, Carson once attacked his mom with a hammer after an argument over his clothes. On another occasion, Carson and another kid got into a fight over a locker and the other kid ended up with a head injury. Finally, Carson almost killed a guy over an argument about radio stations. It has been said that the only things that saved the friend was that his belt buckle broke Carson's knife. After his friend survived, Carson went on to Yale University, medical school, and became a neurosurgeon.

Carson should stop criticizing single parent homes and start saying parents should push their children to do well in school. Carson should tell both single parent homes and two parent homes to prevent their children from watching TV, require them to read books, and require them to write on a daily basis. He should also encourage teachers and members of all communities to take an interest in the kids in the community and try to encourage them to stay out of gangs and trouble and get good educations. It seems that is what actually helped Carson become the successful person he is today.

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Both Ben and his brother experienced difficulty in school. Ben fell to the bottom of his class, and became the object of ridicule by his classmates. He developed a violent and uncontrollable temper, and was known to attack other children at the slightest provocation. The poverty he lived in and the difficult times he experienced in school seem to exacerbate the anger and rage.

Determined to turn her sons around, Sonya limited their TV time to just a few select programs and refused to let them go outside to play until they'd finished their homework. She was criticized for this by her friends, who said her boys would grow up to hate her. But she was determined that her sons would have greater opportunities than she did.

She required them to read two library books a week and give her written reports, even though with her poor education, she could barely read them. She would take the papers and pretend to carefully review them, scanning over the words and turning the pages, before placing a checkmark at the top of the page to show her approval.

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Despite his academic successes, Ben Carson still had a raging temper that translated into violent behavior as a child. One time he tried to hit his mother with a hammer because she disagreed with his choice of clothes. Another time, he inflicted a major head injury on a classmate in a dispute over a locker. In a final incident, Ben nearly stabbed to death a friend after arguing over a choice of radio stations.

The only thing that prevented a tragic occurrence was the knife blade broke on the friend's belt buckle. Not knowing the extent of his friend's injury, Ben ran home and locked himself in the bathroom with a Bible. Terrified by his own actions, he started praying, asking God to help him find a way to deal with his temper. He found salvation in the book of Proverbs in a passage that went, "Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city."