Doing a double take at twins

Have you ever wondered what it would like to be a twin? Well, here are some answers according to some of the twins in our school. The twins who responded are: Freshman Dylan Fishback, Junior David Lasky, Juniors Rebecca and Samantha Bjelopera, Juniors Jeremy and Jacob Burke, Juniors Allison and Corissa Slaw, and Senior Emily Byard

The twins agree: a positive of being a twin is that you have someone to help you. If one forgets what homework or classwork, most likely the other will know. If one needs help, there is a high possibility the other one knows it and can help.

David Lasky, twin of Dylynn Lasky, was asked about being in the same classes, he said, ”It's not very different than anyone other normal student but I like how we can talk about classes that we had and that we can help each other out.”

Almost all same-gender twins are confused for each other. If they look similar people will call them by the other’s name. People sometimes cannot tell which twin is which. People may know which twin is which but will call them the wrong names on accident.

Emily Byard, twin of Abbey Byard, knows the struggles of being mixed up with her sister, she explained, “Abbey and I are often confused with each other, people will try to continue a conversation they have had with Abbey and we both end up really confused.”

Some compete, some don’t, it just depends on the type of personality. A few said they compete as much as normal siblings do. Some said that they compete to be better. Samantha Bjelopera said, “We are constantly in competition with each other. Whether we are at home or in school we compete over everything.”

Twins can be very similar or not at all; they notice the small differences and similarities. Fishback said this about his twin, Brooke Fishback, “We are total opposites except we are both really athletic.”

There are negatives of being a twin. They get confused for each other. Twins feel as if they have to compete.

Jeremy Burke, when asked about competing, said, “We have to fight against being twins in order to be viewed as different people, not two of the same person, which is a common view of people who don't know us.”

It seems as if the consensus is that twins like having a friend to be there for them, and they can relate to each other more so than other people and siblings.

Slaw commented, “Having a twin is awesome, it is unique and I know my twin will always be there for me.”