ben carson
Reading Report# 1 Ben Carson Gifted Hands
Ben Carson is a young boy when his mother tells him that his father is leaving and will not be back. Ben loves his father and is very upset. Ben recalls how much fun his father was, how he would count the minutes until his father came home at night. Only later in life did Ben and his brother Curtis find out that his father had another "wife" and other children. In later years, Ben's mother refers to his father having been involved with other women and drugs. Although at first Ben prays that his parents get back together, Ben realizes that he and his mother and brother are happier without him. Ben's mother, Sonya Carter, is hard-pressed to get much support from her ex-husband.
Ben looks at the ten dollar bill on the kitchen table which will cover only one non-returnable college entrance application fee. Ben struggles between applying at Harvard or Yale. Once on campus and in class, Ben begins to realize that the study skills he learned in high school were not enough at Yale. Ben begins to do badly in his studies and has thoughts that he doesn't belong at Yale. Most hurtful, Ben is failing chemistry. His first semester final is the next day and he has no hopes of passing it. If he fails chemistry, his medical career is out the window. Ben, at the end of his rope, turns to God. He prays for a miracle and suddenly feels everything will be all right.
Josef and Theresa Binder of German had been advised by their doctor that the twins they were expecting were Siamese or conjoined twin boys. Theresa's initial reaction was repulsion that she would not be having babies but a monster. She considered suicide that would get rid of all three of them. Realizing she would be committing murder, she could not go through with taking the deadly pills she had gathered. As soon as they were born, Theresa fell in love with them and became a devoted mother. The twins were joined on the back of their heads and shared a section of skull and
Ben Carson is a young boy when his mother tells him that his father is leaving and will not be back. Ben loves his father and is very upset. Ben recalls how much fun his father was, how he would count the minutes until his father came home at night. Only later in life did Ben and his brother Curtis find out that his father had another "wife" and other children. In later years, Ben's mother refers to his father having been involved with other women and drugs. Although at first Ben prays that his parents get back together, Ben realizes that he and his mother and brother are happier without him. Ben's mother, Sonya Carter, is hard-pressed to get much support from her ex-husband.
Ben looks at the ten dollar bill on the kitchen table which will cover only one non-returnable college entrance application fee. Ben struggles between applying at Harvard or Yale. Once on campus and in class, Ben begins to realize that the study skills he learned in high school were not enough at Yale. Ben begins to do badly in his studies and has thoughts that he doesn't belong at Yale. Most hurtful, Ben is failing chemistry. His first semester final is the next day and he has no hopes of passing it. If he fails chemistry, his medical career is out the window. Ben, at the end of his rope, turns to God. He prays for a miracle and suddenly feels everything will be all right.
Josef and Theresa Binder of German had been advised by their doctor that the twins they were expecting were Siamese or conjoined twin boys. Theresa's initial reaction was repulsion that she would not be having babies but a monster. She considered suicide that would get rid of all three of them. Realizing she would be committing murder, she could not go through with taking the deadly pills she had gathered. As soon as they were born, Theresa fell in love with them and became a devoted mother. The twins were joined on the back of their heads and shared a section of skull and