convocation

 On Friday September 24, 2010 I had the great pleasure to hear Dr. Benjamin Carson speak at Howard University convocation.  Dr. Carson presentation was very powerful and encouraging. He spoke on how his child hood wasn’t the best. Dr. Carson experienced difficulty in school and failed to the bottom of his class, which led him to become violent. Although he had his problems in school he had a guide in his life who encouraged him to do his best and work hard, which was his mother. She pushed him to be the best and work hard before he played hard. Dr. Carson mother encouraged him to take school serious and that is what he did he worked hard everyday and soon rose to be the top student in his class. Dr. Carson graduated high school with honors and later attended Yale University and received his degree in Psychology. He then later attended medical school of the University of Michigan where he changed his mind to become a neurosurgery. Dr. Carson spoke on his trip to Africa where he performed surgery on twins who heads were stuck together. He spoke on how he was very scared to perform this surgery because it was 13 attempts before he tried and none of them worked. But he prayed and went for it and split those two twins up.  Dr. Carson’s presentation encouraged me because he showed me that any and everything is possible. He gave advice on how to speak up to what you believe in, to never blame any one else for your problems and to be grateful for your brain for it is your ticket to success. He also encouraged me to never give up and to always remember that I am in control of my own destiny.