http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/265086-carson-asks-schoolchildren-to-point-to-dumbest-kid-inJanuary 07, 2016, 01:38 pm
Carson asks schoolchildren to point to dumbest kid in class
By Bradford Richardson
After town hall @RealBenCarson gives "the worst kid in the class" advice on doing well in school. pic.twitter.com/EFW234sXsS
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) January 7, 2016
At least a half dozen schoolchildren pointed to one of their classmates after Ben Carson asked them to pick out the worst student in class, according to a Des Moines Register reporter.
Speaking to a large crowd at an Iowa elementary school on Thursday, the Republican presidential hopeful said to the fifth-grade class at Isaac Newton Christian School, “Who’s the worst student?”
Before he could utter a “just kidding,” several of the students pointed to one boy standing in the audience.
Carson later said he often felt like the dumbest kid in class growing up before turning his life around and becoming a world-renowned neurosurgeon.
It’s a line he’s often used in campaign speeches to highlight his inspirational personal story, the subject of his book “Gifted Hands.”
He met with the student backstage after the rally and encouraged him to become a neurosurgeon.
The 10-year-old later said that he wasn’t embarrassed by the incident.
“No,” he said when reporters asked him if his feelings were hurt.
