The first born are smarter thread

Dk-blue_Falcon
Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:32:21 +0000

Hmm, good stuff.

As for me, I’m second born (by age: 19, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11) and I would say that my older brother is NOT the most intelligent of my siblings and I. In fact, the youngest in my family, my sister (of six, she is the only girl), is faring way better than any of my brothers academically with the exception of myself. I’m going to college to say the least, and have been regarded by all of my family members as the “smart” one in the family. I am extremely academically-oriented (I self-studied five AP exams my senior year {I did decently} and continue to enrich myself) and constantly seek ways to improve myself whether it be mentally or physically. On the other hand, my brothers generally don’t display any signs of academic motivation not to mention how lacking they are in any of the academic disciplines (they are, my friends, what you would call “gangsta wannabes”).

To cut to the chase: my older brother (the eldest) dropped out of high school and doesn’t even have a job; my younger brother right after me was transfered from our high school to a community school due to his troublemaking tendencies; the next oldest is doing “average,” but clearly tries to emulate his elders (not me); and my youngest brother was retained during his elementary years, and is also lacking academically.

I’m an oddball.