英语专用名词
BenCarson,adoctoratJohnsHopkinsChildren'sCenter,
talksabouthowhegrewupinapoorDetroitneighborhood,wherepeerpressurealmostcontrolledhisbehaviorandevenhisclothes.HewantedsobadlytobeconsideredcoolthathebeggedhismothertobuyhimanexpensiveItlianshirt.
"Mymothermademeadeal,"Carsonremembers."Shesaid
,'I'llgiveyouallthemoneyImakenextweek.You'llbeinchargeofthefamilyfinances-buyingfoodandothernecessitiesandpayingthebills.whateveryouhaveleftoveryoucanspendonwhateveryouwant.'"
"Ithought,thisisgoingtobegreat,"Carsonsays.
"Iboughtthingsweneededmostandthenbegangoing
throughthebills.OfcourseIrancompletelyoutof
moneylongbeforeeverythingwaspaid."
"ThenIrealizedmymother,withherthird-gradeeducation,wasafinancialgenius-justtokeepfoodonourtableandclothesonourbackswithsuchasmall
sumofmoney.I'dbeenafool.Iwantedhertobuymea$75shirtwhensheonlytookhome$100aweek,cleaningotherpeople'sfloorsandwashingtheirtoilets.Itoolahardlookatmybehaviorandwondered
whoIcouldbesoselfish."
"Istartedstudyingagain.MygradeswentbackuptoA's.SomeofmypeerslaughedatmebecauseIdidnotfollowtheirpattern.ButIrefusedtoletthattroubleme,becauseIhadagoal."
Theexperiencehadalastingeffect."Inotonlysaw
andfeltthedifferencemymothermothermadeinmylife,Lamlivingoutthatdifferenceasaman."