Why i'm i so different from my family?
Hi, I'm thirteen years old with honors and grades with more than average. I notice that I'm really out of the circle when I think twice about my relatives and siblings. It's almost like I'm just the black sheep of the family. All of my siblings like to hang out at parties, the mall, slumber parties.ETC; they are also very sociable people who has (Girls) good hair and uses flat iron that wears clothes that my mom doesn't let me(clothes that show skin) also the boys are very sociable and confident. The people who live in my house own a beuty salon, and I can wear my hair down if I flat iron it, but somehow, in good with my bun, which is a adultery rare thing for my family. But they are always in the light hanging out and I'm just reading books and loving literature. My mom also caught my older cousins smoking weed, drugs and hookah pens. I also don't like to go to parties because I'm rarely in parties. They (all my cousins, even younger one's,) own an IPhone or an Apple product while I use my mom's laptop. They don't play an instrument like me nor they have honors or read a book as fast as me. I'm more like a bookworm and they are like the popular kids in school. They always have dates and boyfriends one after another. Plus, I'm not a fan of chicken and fritura as we say in Dominican republic, I'm more tomato seafood, which my family hates. It's like I don't belong. My parents are like the stereotypical asian parents while my cousins are plain dominican. Help, I really feel left out, WHAT should I do?
Zelda,
You have been given a gift. This why you seem like a "fish out of water." Einstein was like this. Completely different from his family.
•You may want to look at " A Better Chance Program." This program places talented students in Prep Schools around the Country. The school gives "Full Ride Scholarships."
•Look at "BridgeQuest" again this program feeds gifted students into upscale Colleges like The Claremont Colleges in California.
•The Posse Foundation takes student in a cohort group and places them in Colleges & Universities.
•Look at The UNCF (scholarship funding)
•Send for "Funding Education Beyond High School 2013-14 (800.433.3243)
Read: Debt-Free U by Zac Bissonnette.
•Get a Moleskine Passion Journal ($13/amazon), The Livescribe Computer Pen ($60/refurbished) and Evernote APP (organize & take notes)
Read: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey & College Survival & Success Skills 101 by Mariann Ragins.
•Look at Americorps.gov, Internshipqueen.com, Wetfeet.com, & Inroads.org.
Time to stop worrying about your family's lifestyle and create a future for yourself. Remember the tale of the "Ugly Duckling?"
Turned out she was a Swan!
Good Luck, honey! Get to work on your new and much more exciting life.
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