Dr. Ben Carson
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My wife and I have been to 68 countries and we've lived overseas and we've seen a lot of stuff and it does make a big difference.
My wife and I have been to 68 countries and we've lived overseas and we've seen a lot of stuff and it does make a big difference.
Australia.
Australia.
Australia.
Well, when I was chief resident in neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, we had the grand opening of the Neuroscience Center. And since Hopkins is like the modern birthplace of neurosurgery, all the bigwigs from around the world were there, including one of the bigwigs from Australia.
Well, when I was chief resident in neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, we had the grand opening of the Neuroscience Center. And since Hopkins is like the modern birthplace of neurosurgery, all the bigwigs from around the world were there, including one of the bigwigs from Australia.
Well, when I was chief resident in neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, we had the grand opening of the Neuroscience Center. And since Hopkins is like the modern birthplace of neurosurgery, all the bigwigs from around the world were there, including one of the bigwigs from Australia.
And he took a liking to me and said, you should come to Australia to be our senior registrar at our major teaching hospital in Western Australia. And I said, Australia, you gotta be kidding me. I didn't say that out loud. But that's what I was thinking. And I kind of poo-pooed the idea. And it seemed like every time I turned around, There was somebody saying, good eye, mate. How you going?
And he took a liking to me and said, you should come to Australia to be our senior registrar at our major teaching hospital in Western Australia. And I said, Australia, you gotta be kidding me. I didn't say that out loud. But that's what I was thinking. And I kind of poo-pooed the idea. And it seemed like every time I turned around, There was somebody saying, good eye, mate. How you going?
And he took a liking to me and said, you should come to Australia to be our senior registrar at our major teaching hospital in Western Australia. And I said, Australia, you gotta be kidding me. I didn't say that out loud. But that's what I was thinking. And I kind of poo-pooed the idea. And it seemed like every time I turned around, There was somebody saying, good eye, mate. How you going?
I just kept running into Australians everywhere. And it seemed like they were really nice people. And every time we turned the TV on, there was a special on about Australia. And I said to Candy, I think the Lord wants us to go to Australia. So she started doing some research. She discovered that they did have a whites-only policy
I just kept running into Australians everywhere. And it seemed like they were really nice people. And every time we turned the TV on, there was a special on about Australia. And I said to Candy, I think the Lord wants us to go to Australia. So she started doing some research. She discovered that they did have a whites-only policy
I just kept running into Australians everywhere. And it seemed like they were really nice people. And every time we turned the TV on, there was a special on about Australia. And I said to Candy, I think the Lord wants us to go to Australia. So she started doing some research. She discovered that they did have a whites-only policy
But it was an unofficial policy, and it had officially been abolished in 1968. That was 1983. So we said, yeah, we're going to go to Australia. And off we went. Our friends were saying, you'll be back in three weeks. But little did they know, we only didn't have any more money. We couldn't come back. But the biggest problem was keeping up with all the dinner invitations. They love Americans.
But it was an unofficial policy, and it had officially been abolished in 1968. That was 1983. So we said, yeah, we're going to go to Australia. And off we went. Our friends were saying, you'll be back in three weeks. But little did they know, we only didn't have any more money. We couldn't come back. But the biggest problem was keeping up with all the dinner invitations. They love Americans.
But it was an unofficial policy, and it had officially been abolished in 1968. That was 1983. So we said, yeah, we're going to go to Australia. And off we went. Our friends were saying, you'll be back in three weeks. But little did they know, we only didn't have any more money. We couldn't come back. But the biggest problem was keeping up with all the dinner invitations. They love Americans.
But it turned out to be a God thing, because there were only four neurosurgical consultants in all of Western Australia. And once they discovered that I could operate, they left me largely in charge of things at the major teaching hospital, and they went out to the private hospitals. And I learned a lot from each one of them. There were things that they taught me that I had not learned at Hopkins.
But it turned out to be a God thing, because there were only four neurosurgical consultants in all of Western Australia. And once they discovered that I could operate, they left me largely in charge of things at the major teaching hospital, and they went out to the private hospitals. And I learned a lot from each one of them. There were things that they taught me that I had not learned at Hopkins.
But it turned out to be a God thing, because there were only four neurosurgical consultants in all of Western Australia. And once they discovered that I could operate, they left me largely in charge of things at the major teaching hospital, and they went out to the private hospitals. And I learned a lot from each one of them. There were things that they taught me that I had not learned at Hopkins.