Change
“Be the Change You Want to See in the World”
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I was born with Craniosynostosis, a condition where the bones in the skull of an infant merge too early. This caused me to have surgery when I was eight months old. I have wanted to be a doctor since the age of 2, so that I can help other people. Dr. Benjamin Carson inspired me to become a pediatric neurosurgeon like the doctor who performed my surgery. After graduating from high school, I will need about 12 more years of college so that I can help children with similar conditions to have a happy, healthy childhood.
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About the Book
Jaz Vincent came up with a program called the Kickoff to Writing Scholarship Program. He had students write essays reflected by the ideas established in this quote by Ghandi: “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” All essays focused on who you want to be when you grow up and how your purpose can inspire others. This book contains their essays. This children’s book was forwarded by the world-renowned Nikki Giovanni.
About the Author
Darren “Jaz” Vincent’s story begins in Niagara Falls, New York, where people knew him as a roughneck and a troublemaker. He was a wannabe rap singer with muscles, tattoos, and scars. But one day, Vincent says, someone convinced him to read a book about facing fear. It was the first book at the age of thirty-four he ever read from front to back, and it awakened a hunger in him. He was a kid from the hood, and all of the sudden, he stopped fighting, left New York, and moved to Charlotte, where he opened a bookstore to open other people’s eyes.