我先唠叨：

本周五，小宝要上交一篇作文。今天上课时老师突然下了新指示，明天就要交这篇作文的初稿。这几天过节，小宝天天玩儿，这篇作文一个字儿没写. 为了突击写作文，小宝今天都没上体操课.写啊写，小宝同学终于写好了这篇作文的初稿。这篇作文的要求是，阅读美国名医Ben Carson的个人自传以后，挑出一个促使他成功的原因之一，并用三个例子具体说明这个成功的原因。小宝的作文如下，这只是初稿。写好作文后小宝做了几十个俯卧撑补充缺席的体操课.

BEN CARSON GIFTED HANDS: GOD                                                                

Ben Carson was a talented neurosurgeon who had “gifted hands”, and one of the things in his THINK BIG rules was to “Never get too big for God. Never drop God out of your life (Chapter 22, page 218)”. God was important in Ben’s life, and he learned to depend on God when he had troubles. God is someone who can help people like Ben indirectly, and he is also unseen to the human eye. He does things that people can’t see, mostly to help. Carson is very thankful for God, so much, that he included him in his THINK BIG rules.

            An incident that involved God in Ben’s life happened when he was a young adolescent at the age of 14. He had a terribly bad temper back then and he would become angry for no logical reason. At that time he and his friend Bob were listening to a transistor radio. Ben and Bob were arguing about what station to play and were fighting for the dial.  Suddenly, Ben reached for the camping knife in his back pocket and tried to stab Bob. Luckily, Bob survived due to his ROTC buckle. Ashamed, Ben ran home and cried for two hours. Once Ben stopped, he prayed to God to take away his temper. He reached for a Bible, and found verses about how angry people aren’t as successful others. Ben pulled himself together, got out of the bathroom and finally became at peace with his mind. Based on this experience, God became important to Ben because he helped take away his temper by making him realize his temper is allowing people to control him. From that day on, Ben’s faith in God became stronger and now whenever people try to make Ben mad, he simply laughs it off. (Chapter 6, pages 53-57).

            Another experience that strengthened Carson’s faith in God happened when he was in college at Yale University. At Yale, Ben struggled mostly in one class in particular, and that class was chemistry. At the end of the first semester, there were final examinations, and Ben was nowhere near being ready for it. He had terrible studying skills. On the night before the exam, Ben studied endlessly but to no avail. When he slept that night, he had a dream where he was in the chemistry lecture hall with an unearthly being who wrote down chemistry formulas. Once Ben awoke, he copied down those formulas, studied them, and went to the lecture hall. The professor gave out the tests and Ben went through the almost-identical problems in his dream very quick. He happily thought it was a miracle. This experience strengthened his faith in God because he realized that God forgave him for his past studying mistakes and instead of punishing him, rewarded him. Ben was convinced that God actually wanted him to be a doctor and had good things planned for him. This incident taught Ben the importance of faith and trust in God. (Chapter 8, pages 71-76)

            Finally, another incident happened when Ben, now a neurosurgeon, was going to operate on Craig Warnick, the husband of Nurse Susan Warnick. Craig over the years developed many tumors throughout his body that affected his health greatly. It wasn’t until later he learned that he had Von-Hippel-Lindau, a rare disease that causes many tumors in your body. One day, Carson found out that Craig developed another tumor in his brain stem. Eventually, Ben decided to operate on Craig. Before the surgery, Ben, Susan, and Craig prayed for the surgery to be a success. The surgery finally started.  It was difficult to operate on Craig since he had many abnormal blood vessels that blocked Ben’s view of the tumor. He didn’t finish taking out the tumorous growth the first time but he tried again, and although it was difficult, he prayed to God again to guide him. Carson did eventually pull out the tumor through the hole in Craig’s brain stem. The next afternoon, Ben saw that Craig was doing well and was even cracking jokes. He realized that God created a miracle again and had rescued Craig. Craig has since then progressed nicely. Based on this incident, God was important to Ben because he helped prevent more damage from being done by guiding Ben’s “gifted hands” to remove the tumor. Ben, Susan, and Craig were all happy with the outcome. As a strong Christian, Ben learned a lot from all of these incidents. (Chapter 18)

            I chose the THINK BIG topic “God” because God helped Ben reach his goals and become successful. God is also important in my family’s lives. I believe that God helped Ben in his life and has made him a better person. Ben had many learning experiences with God and this also gave him more knowledge. For example, after Ben tried to stab his friend, he looked at the Bible and learned that being angry won’t help; it will only give power to those who anger you (Chapter 6, pages 53-57). Another example is when Carson takes an extremely hard psychology quiz. Many students leave, pretending they hadn’t read the notice, but Ben stays and prays for help from God.  Eventually, he is the only student left in the room. Suddenly, the professor and a photographer for the Yale Daily News burst in, saying that Carson is the most honest person in the class. I think God helped Ben in his life because the experience God gave Ben made him realize that if he leaves things in God’s hands, he will be fine. He also learned to be honest. (Chapter 9, pages 86-87)

            God also affects my life. He could make me a better person overall. Some ways he could include making me honest, smart, and helpful. For example, if I am at school and I see somebody who dropped their books, I could maybe pick them up. This is being helpful. Another thing I could do is the next time I have a big quiz I should study more to be prepared. Finally, if I mess up for something and someone else gets blamed, I can maybe be honest by saying it was actually me. God is somebody you can always depend on, and if Ben Carson can, everybody can.