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OftenBen · 4119 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: First-borns do better in school and life, it's a fact. Were you a first born child? Does it ring true?
I was first born, and until I discovered pot and the world outside the small, conservative town I was raised in that was pretty much the mold. I was singled out as 'gifted' very young, put in all sorts of supplemental programs, teams and such. My brothers have all struggled in some area of academics, while everything except for calculus comes pretty naturally to me. If I had maintained my bias going into college, I would have graduated by now, found someone I could tolerate being around for a few hours, married them, and be working a job I hate for shit pay, taking my pills unto the grave.