Lesson

Before you read: 

  • consider situations in which you were judged: perhaps when trying out for a sports team, starting a new job, auditioning for a role, entering a new school, etc.
  • have you ever been a victim of stereotyping?
  • what might be the advantages and disadvantages of having older siblings?

Read the monologue, "I'm Not My Brother, I'm Me".

Obviously, Jonathan was treated unjustly on more than one occasion, largely because people expected him to act like his brothers, and not as his own person.