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Do I belong here?

Hey guys!
Sorry, it has been a while since I wrote my last post, but ever since school started again I almost have no time at all! And to be honest, the time I didn't spend doing homework the last few weeks, I spent reading! One of my friends made me read the Percy Jackson series, and I am glad she did!

But reading those books brought up a problem I have been experiencing while reading books the last few months. Because while reading books, I get this feeling that I don't really belong in my family. I am kind of like Mark Baker in the film 'cheaper by the dozen'.

Why I would think things like this? Well, I am the most quiet kid in the family and dare I say the 'smartest' in my family. I don't want to sound too full of myself, but it kind of is the truth. But with this 'being smarter than the rest' comes the fact that I don't understand my family at all. I don't get some decisions my siblings or parents make and find things they find logical the worst nonsense I've ever heard.

But this may also be, as my great-grandfather used to call it, the "Sleumer-curse". See, just like everyone else born into my family from my dad's side, we see things differently than the rest and often disagree with people who think different. Which either makes us complete idiots or the rest complete idiots. I haven't quite figured that out yet.

I hope I'm not the only one who feels like this, and I am pretty sure my little brother sometimes feels the same, but I have never really talked to him about this. I did recommend the Percy Jackson series to him though! ;p

So, what do you guys think? Do you sometimes feel the same or do you think I am a complete idiot?

Hope to talk to you soon!
Byebye!!

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