Think Big 3.

5 Comments:

1. In 5th grade he had to get glasses because his eyesight was getting worse.
2. Ben also had mentors to inspire him to get from the bottom of his class to the top.
3. The first mentor he had was William Jaeck, his 5th grade science teacher.
4. His second mentor was Mr. McCotter because Ben's opinions mattered to him.
5. His third mentor was Mr. Doakes from Boston, he was Ben's first black male teacher.

4 Questions:

1. Why isn't is mother his first mentor instead?
2. Did his eyesight get poorer from all the reading that he did on his free time?
3. Why didn't he find a mentor at Yale University?
4. Shouldn't Yale University be a good place to find a mentor? There is a lot of very smart professors there...at least I think there are suppose to be...

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1 Overview:

Ben Carson talks about the mentors he met when he was going to schools and how they had inspired him.