ILLITERACY. Illiteracy is not a good excuse to make your child autonomous when he/she cannot differentiate his right from his wrong. Ben carson's mother was an illiterate, she didn't see that as an excuse not to help her children out academically. Ben Carson was the dullest in his class in his elementary school. He was dull because he doesn't study to exercise his brain. Mind you, no one was born with a certain seed of resilience. God created every one in a unique way, he isn't a partial God. No one is dull, one starts getting dull the moment he stops studying. Ben carson's mother went on her knees prayed to God, sat her kids down and instructed them; . You must read at least two books per week; her kids were reluctant, but its something they can't run away from because they had been instructed. •'You mustn't watch TV except two programs,' she knew TV was a great distraction to kids, they can spend a whole day sta