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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have one B (at best) student who, unfortunately (?) has an older sibling who is an academic superstar. I can't help but feel sorry for the younger one because we know how tough it's going to be. [/quote]

I was a B+ student.  I have two older siblings who were academic superstars.  I figured this out while VERY young.  My mother did a beautiful job handling it and never made me feel less than while still having high expectations for me to meet.  I am incredibly proud of my siblings, and I am 100% ok with not being nearly as smart as they are.  I have a lot of other wonderful attributes that make me a whole, awesome person.  I am thankful sometimes that it wasn't just me and my sister, since with two of us I think the direct comparisons would have been harder.  With three kids it was just more obvious they are like this and I work a little differently.

As adults, I am the one who works the hardest to organize the family gatherings and smack my siblings on the head when they miss some social cues.  I'm the one who makes sure my famous-in-his-math-field brother knows he needs to fly home to celebrate my Dad's my 80th birthday.  It wouldn't occur to him otherwise, but he's delighted to do it.  They have much more interesting careers than I do, but I think now that we're in our 40s it's become apparent that careers aren't everything.  Living a full, happy life is much more important.  And we all have that.[/quote]

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