Fact #23
When African-American neurosurgeon Ben Carson
was a child, his mother required him to read two library books a week
and give her written reports, even though she was barely literate. She
would then take the papers and pretend to carefully review them, placing
a checkmark at the top of the page to show her approval. The
assignments inspired Carson's eventual love of reading and learning.
2 comments:
What an incredibly touching story. His mother was a great parent.
Yes, she was Holly Forrest, and there are other stories just like his. The illiteracy rate ran very high among our parents back then but sheer determination and ambition to succeed ran high also.
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