Assignment for July 7, 2010

#615
Raye
July 7, 2010


How Your Birth Order Influences
Your Life Adjustment – Q.2


I agree with most of the author’s opinion. He wrote well about the characteristic of the birth order. Without some exceptions, it makes sense. The oldest behave like leader-who is independent and confident and responsible for their choice- but most of the middle & the youngest are dependent to their parents or siblings.


However, sometimes the middle and the youngest are success faster than the oldest because they can learn from the oldest. They already have seen many things because of their siblings. And they think the most of parent’s attention or expectation is toward the oldest. So if they want to get more attention from their parents, they have to do something really hard. By this reason, some of the celebrities are the middle or the youngest. They wanted to catch up the oldest by their effort and time.


I think this can be applied to my family. We’re family of four - father, mother, me and younger brother. I’m the oldest and my brother is the youngest. As today’s society, most of the family members are 4. First child would be the oldest and the second one would be the youngest. It’s hard to find the middle.


I’m more active, positive, independent and parental than my brother. He is 3-year-old younger than me. He’s tattletale, independent, protected by parents than me. As time goes by, he’s independent-still dependent to parent than me. However, he’s really fast learner. I’m slower than him. His personality is opposite to me. I like playing sports, learning language, listening to music but he just likes playing games. He’s good at math and science. He’s little bit pessimistic, too.


In the same apartment, parents, we grew up very differently. Personality depends on many things. – such as dwellings, friends, classmates, hobbies, their interests and their dreams. As I said the above, also there are some exceptions. When the oldest is really sick, then parents are busy for caring him. The middle or the youngest has to do not only his/her role but also the oldest’s role. The situation and circumstance can change one’s birth order role. But exception is just an exception. This interesting description suits me and my brother well.