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I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away.

I was a Political Science major.

I was a political science student.

My dad wanted me to go down a more academic route. He is very much about sticking to the rule book and sticking to the blueprint of a successful career.

My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.

My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

My father was a huge influence on me.