Student Success Statement Poverty or prosperity                                            “I hated poverty. change that (poverty). It depends upon how hard i want to work and i decided that i would change it.” Dr.Ben Carson he is an amazing person who has not always chosen the right, he grew up being lazy and grew up very poor. But at a young age he managed to turn his life around by choosing the right instead of sitting around all day watching tv he started reading books and he got into them. He hated being poor but he knew he poverty was only temporary because he education would lead him someone important in life and it did. But it did not happen but him Poverty is more of choice sitting around watching tv all day he committed to being a ctr person and worked as hard as he could. Ctr can and will lead us to or goals in life, as long as we always try our best and chose the right we can accomplish anything!