OlivaA
January 16th, 2011, 02:48 AM
I had a problem,I have been trying to deal with since last year which was my freshman year. I go to an all-girl school, when I got to high school as a freshman,I quickly got a lot of friends but it was not because who I was, it was because who I was related to. My older sister graduated in 2005 from the same school, the girls quickly associated me with her because of my last name.My sister had reputation as smart girl but also as rule breaker, she was prom-queen, home coming queen and captain of her cheerleading team since her sophomore year and captain of lacrosse since her freshman year.
No matter what I do in the school,it seems like I'm in her shadows. This year,I got elected to the homecoming court as the sophomore princess, the only comment I heard was like she is so much like her sister instead of congratulations. And then again,my fellow cheerleaders elected me as co-captain to the cheerleading squad and the comparisons to my sisters started again.Most of my friends,their sisters were friends with my older sister or went to school with her or they know her,so there is always comparisons.
It's not only my friends or coaches,but also my teachers they expected me to be like my sister or surpass her. When I do not meet their expectations, they always tell me your sister would not do like this,you can do better or you got strive be like her.I want step out of her shadow,I'm tired of it. I want be my own girl,I want develop my own identity in the school and stop being compare to her.What can I do to step out of her shadows?I want be recognize for my own achievements.
No matter what I do in the school,it seems like I'm in her shadows. This year,I got elected to the homecoming court as the sophomore princess, the only comment I heard was like she is so much like her sister instead of congratulations. And then again,my fellow cheerleaders elected me as co-captain to the cheerleading squad and the comparisons to my sisters started again.Most of my friends,their sisters were friends with my older sister or went to school with her or they know her,so there is always comparisons.
It's not only my friends or coaches,but also my teachers they expected me to be like my sister or surpass her. When I do not meet their expectations, they always tell me your sister would not do like this,you can do better or you got strive be like her.I want step out of her shadow,I'm tired of it. I want be my own girl,I want develop my own identity in the school and stop being compare to her.What can I do to step out of her shadows?I want be recognize for my own achievements.