Siblings in the Same School Thursday, December 18, 2008 By Elizabeth Sharkey - Advertising All around the world there are many siblings that go to the same school. Imagine if you had a sibling in the same school or even in the same class as you. Would it bother you?      Freshmen at CHS Kiara Pratt and her brother Chris Pratt also a Freshmen at CHS are siblings in the same school. Kiara said "[Since] He skipped second grade we have been in the same school for a quite a while." Kiara and Chris aren't just in the same school, but they have their Spanish class together.  Kiara states " I only have one class with Chris, which is our Spanish class.  It's kind of cool [to have Chris in the same class], but then again its kind of hard also because if he answers a question right and I get one wrong it's kind of weird because he is younger than me." Chris added " I don't even notice she is there, so it doesn't really bother me that we are in the same class."   Sophomores Kathy O'Donnell and Sue O'Donnell are twins born just a minute a part. Even though they only have one class together, Accounting, they still seem to help each other with homework. Kathy and Sue both seem to agree. "We actually get a long pretty well in school," states Kathy. Though they're in the same building all day, their paths rarely cross. "I don't really see Kathy much in the halls," said Sue. Kathy and Sue don't really fight at school, Kathy thinks " I don't really realize Sue is even there so maybe that's why we don't fight at school."   While both groups are unique, they all seem to agree there are advantages and disadvantages to being in the same school with their sibling. Chris in Kiara work together at home and at school. Kiara states, " We are pretty close. We help each other out, even though Chris doesn't like people copying off his work he always seems to help me out." Kathy and Sue like to help each other out at home. "We hang out with totally different groups of people, so we hardly see each other at school," according to Kathy.   With the size of family homes these days, there are bound to be siblings in the same school at one point or another. It appears it doesn't affect them either at home or at school.

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