Too much pressure

Growing up in a family with children consisting of 5 girls and 1 boy is pretty difficult when it comes to education. Coming from a foreign country to the land of opportunities was a huge struggle for my family and I. We came here with not one word of English nor any knowledge of what life is like here at America. It was the toughest phase that my family had to go through together. Yet we overcame it and proved to everyone that working together as a family is well-worth the struggle. Besides the obstacle of settling down in an entire different world, education was a huge priority in my family. My siblings and I were taught that education is an essential now that we live in America, because education would have never been offered if we still lived in Vietnam. Therefore, throughout our life here at America, my siblings and I were pressured into doing well in school and one day have a career in the medical field. The pressure was set off when my oldest sibling, my brother, graduated from medical school 4 years ago with highest honor in his class. Knowing the fact that my brother came here when he was 18 years old, not knowing any English, yet still managed to become a doctor in 2 fields with highest honor, makes my sisters and I even more pressured. Now, we all have to follow my brother's footsteps and succeed 10 times more than he did because of our advantage of knowing English better than him. Currently, my oldest sister graduated as a respiratory nurse. The sister after her is in her 3rd year in medical school. The sister after her is in her 2nd year in medical school. And the sister after her is getting ready to start pharmacy school in the fall. That leaves me as the baby, to succeed as a dentist. So as of right now, I have a lot of pressure put on my shoulders to do well in school and accomplish more than my siblings do, because I grew up here longer than they did. It's not a good feeling, but it's a goal that I would definitely like to accomplish in life ;)