I'm the third of four, and unfortunately there are ten and a half years between me and the second, and two and a half years between me and my younger brother.
My older sister and brother weren't able to complete college, and since I am currently *in* college, there are a lot of expectations.
This, I suppose, is one case where I am *not* supposed to do as my older siblings did. Unfortunately, my younger brother is still farly immature, and my parents "don't have much hope for him" as they have told me.
The pressure's on, and it's hard. I'm trying to act as if I'm doing college for myself, though I can't help but feel that if I don't do this, I'll let my entire family down.
I'm pretty sure I can though.
At least...I hope.
__________________
~Jessi~
***********************
************************
“If I lived back in the wild west days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I'd carry a soldering iron. That way, if some smart-aleck cowboy said something like "Hey, look. She's carrying a soldering iron!" and started laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, "That's right, it's a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice." Then everybody would get real quiet and ashamed, because they had made fun of the soldering iron of justice, and I could probably hit them up for a free drink.”
--Modified quote from Jack Handy's Deep Thoughts, Saturday Night Live