The Advantages of Being Firstborn

Shelby

Melinda Schroeder

English 101

11/22/16

Thesis: This essay is about the many famous people, owners of companies, and Presidents that were first born children. The research will prove that there are advantages of being firstborn. There has to be a connection as to why so many of the amazing leaders are first born children.  There has been scientific research about this topic and how it can determine a person's success. Does the order in which a person is born in a family really impact their whole life?

I. Characteristics of firstborn children

        A. Natural born leaders

            1. Presidents

            2. Astronauts

        B. Reliable

            1. Caretakers

        C. Goal minded

        D. Responsible and competitive

        E. Successful

            1. CEO's

            2. Multiple degrees

            3. Higher IQ's

II. Characteristics of middle children

         A. Sociable

         B. Good negotiators

         C. Peace keepers

         D. Loyal

III. Characteristics of the youngest

         A. Love attention

         B. Creative

         C. Tend to be rebellious

IV. “The Birth Order Book”

        A. Personality traits

        B. “Why you are the way you are”

        C. Famous people

V. The Atlantic

        A. Vague personality traits

        B. No effect on personality

In conclusion it seems very logical that people would act a certain way and have predictable character traits because of their birth order. Of course there are exceptions and not everyone will be like the typical oldest, middle or youngest child.  However, the majority of people have certain personality traits because of the order of their birth.  When people understand what character traits they possess they will be able to utilize the information and expound on their strengths and work on their weaknesses.

Works Cited

Tirado, Bernardo. “Birth Order in the Workplace”. www.psychologytoday.com.

Psychology Today. Post. 26 Sep. 2011. Web. 19 Nov. 2016.

Fox25. “Research shows first born children garner most success”.   www.fox25boston.com.       Post. 19 Nov. 2013. Web. 19 Nov. 2016.

Bucklan, Erinn. “How Birth Order Predicts Your Success”. www.dailyworth.com.

Daily Worth. Post. 16 Feb. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2016.

Leman, Kevin. Birth Order Book: Why You Are the Way You Are. Grand Rapids, Mich.:             Revell. 1985.

Beck, Julie. “Birth Order Is Basically Meaningless”. www.theatlantic.com. The Atlantic. 

            Post. 21 Oct. 2015. Web. 18 Nov. 2016. 

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Blog Post #4

Shelby Kluver

Melinda Schroder

English 101

11/8/16

Blog Post #4

My purpose is that I wanted to show people that there is a difference between Disney World and Disneyland. Some people want to think that they are the same, but they are not. I chose this topic because I love Disney World. I grew up only a couple of hours from there and have many fantastic memories of all of my magical time that I have spent there.
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