Being Misunderstood

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Being misunderstood could come from many things. Just to tell a little about where this is coming from. My family consists of my mom, dad, brother and sister. My sister is 9 years older and my brother is 3 years older. Being the baby nobody listens to you. It’s hard to make anybody take you seriously or believe that you know what you’re talking about. There is an advantage however, you see everything and hear everything. Picking up things that you don’t even know you are learning. I started reading at an early age and enjoy it. When I hear things I find interesting I look it up and find more about it. When you are the baby you have to make your voice heard and make people hear what you have to say. There are plenty of times where I am misunderstood …show more content…

To me being misunderstood is a good trait that all people should have a some point in time, whether it’s all the time or just every once in awhile because it means that you thought outside the box. I definitely think this will be a problem in the future. For one, because I will have the car before my brother because he can’t seem to get his act together to get his license I think this will lead to an argument that I won’t really care to argue with him about. And two, I will eventually have to write more and more papers when I get in college and I will have to make sure I’m not misunderstood because that will lead to a failing grade because the teacher won’t be able to understand the point I’m getting at. I think the second problem could be easily solved though, I just need to be able to get my point across without rambling about other things and expecting the instructor to understand my

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