Wisdom In Dr. Ben Carson's Book America The Beautiful

While reading Dr. Ben Carson’s Book America the Beautiful I kept being reminded of something I continually forget. Being in College you would think I would be reminded of this something everyday of my life. After all isn’t it what I am here at College for? What is it you may ask? The fact that knowledge is power, but even more importantly knowledge is wisdom.
When Dr. Ben Carson was in elementary school he did not have the greatest grades in the world. Subsequently he began to believe that because his grades were poor that he himself was not intelligent enough or good enough and that there was nothing he could do to change that. As his grades declined even further his self-esteem declined right behind them. Luckily Mr.Carson had a mother that knew he was far more than what his grades said or what he thought himself about himself. His mother pushed him to push himself to greater lengths than he had ever wanted or thought he could go.In his book Mr. Carson says,“Because of all the reading she had encouraged me to do,I was very motivated to learn and took it upon myself to
I think that the younger generations need to look back and remember the older generations. We are beginning to forget where and what this nation came from and stood for. Knowledge and hard work are being replaced by ignorance and laziness. We don't seem to take education as seriously as previous generations and have lost our appreciation for it. We want to graduate High school and then College with as little effort as possible and then we want to put that same lack of effort into our job. We are a generation consumed with ourselves and our entertainment. Somehow we have tricked ourselves into the belief that all we have to do is to sit back and do nothing and the cash will keep on flowing in. But as Benjamin Franklin said, “He that waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner.” Knowledge is