It is said that the middle child never gets any attention from the parents, but how about being the second child out of four children? Does the second child have as much attention as the first one? Well, in my point of view the answer is not really. Being the second child to graduate high school is a difficult job. It's difficult because of three major reasons; one my older sister set high standards for me to follow, second she is the first one attending college, and third my parents are always comparing my accomplishments with hers.
It all started with the birth of my sister, she being the first child and the only girl, when all of my standards began their course. For instance, at the age of four she had already started pre-kindergarten and was said to be ahead of the class. At that movement I knew for a fact that I was expected to be extra or a slight better than her. Even though I was a little young boy playing with toy cars I had to learn much faster than the way my sister did. As the years past by she continued succeeding and raising the bar of my young undeveloped mind. For example, every time my parents would attend a parent meeting they would be told that she was at the forefront of the class. Every time my parents would returned from such meetings they would tell me that I had to do the same thing or surpass her. In my mind I would see that as being hard to accomplish. How can I be able to pass her straight A's and make it seem better? The bar of my standards was by now raised way too high for me to reach.
After attending high school my sister made the choice to attend college. It was not enough that she had good grades but she also was the first person in the whole family to go to college. Right at the movement that she signed in for her classes she obtained full attention of my parents. It was not good enough for me to be doing well in my classes, but I had to also praise my sister for making a good choice so I can at least be acknowledge by my parents.
