| Puddly: your case sounds really similar to mine... except i am the little sibling? although some may not say that my grades are "suffering", my family would definitely categorize it as so. i chose to be popular/"hot" and now i am beginning to recognize that it was the wrong decision.
another thing is that everyone keeps saying the overshadowed sibling should become really good at something. I AM really good... at MANY things. i mean, i hate to toot my own horn, but it is necessary to paint this picture for you, and show everyone how TRULY and blatantly ignored i am. I am a 4.0 student taking the most possible honors/AP classes available at my grade. i play three sports for my school, and even though I only made JV for them (which is a rank higher than freshman but one below varsity), I am only a FRESHMAN and will probably get put on varsity next year. i play piano and sing competitively. and i have over 30 hrs of community service this year - i guess thats average but whatever.
HOW MUCH MORE CAN I DO? true i do all these things for my own personal benefit, but can't other people at least recognize this and talk to me about MY accomplishments, NOT my sisters. Or at least, they can stop degrading me by comparing the accomplishments of a FRESHMAN to a SENIOR |