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I don’t know what birth number you are but I’m the second or last-born. I don’t know if birth order is factual or not, but its weird how most of them fit me. I’m supposed to be a self centered person but I’m not or maybe I am and that’s why I think im not self centered I don’t know but there are a lot of things I agree with and don’t about birth order traits. (Teresa) said that a trait that goes along with my birth order is that I am irresponsible with money. As shown by me spending a hundred dollars on a mic for my ps3 id say that that trait fits me. She also said that I am supposed to be competitive. Well I’m not really competitive when it comes to sports but when it is like online video games I’m extremely competitive. To the point that I rage which is when you get really mad and start yelling and what not. (Voo) mentioned that I have great adult sense of humor. I grew up as a only child for the most part. My brother wasn’t home a lot and he is 8 years older than me so I grew up with my parents. I did develop a good adult sense of humor but after spending time with my friends and brother more than I was I have kind of moved on from being around my parents all the time. So some of that humor has gone away. (Dolan) says that I should have a photographic memory. Which I do but not in the way of being able to remember the answers of test. I mean as in remembering certain events that happened and what everyone looked like and their facial expressions and how they felt. For example I remember when I was 4 or 5 my brother was messing with me while I was trying to play with toys on the coffee table and I was getting more and more angry so I picked up a syringe and tried to stab him. Although there was no needle in the syringe I ... ... middle of paper ... ...ngtonPost.com, Inc., 11 Aug 2013. Web. 28 Feb 2014. . Isaacson, Clifford. "Intro To Birth Order." Birth Order Plus. Upper Des Moines Counseling Center, LLC. Web. 28 Feb 2014. . Teresa, . "Birth Order Character Traits." The Cute Kid. Parent Media Group Inc.. Web. 28 Feb 2014. . Neal, Rome. "Personality Traits Linked To Birth Order." CBSNEWS. CBS Interactive Inc., 10 Jun 2002. Web. 28 Feb 2014. . Voo, Jocelyn. "Birth Order and Personality." Parents . Meredith Women's Network, n.d. Web. 28 Feb 2014. .

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