I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
My parents grew up working class, but in that way that working class families do, they spent a fortune on education to better me.
My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up.
My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.
It never occurred to me that I wouldn't go to college and have a career - as well as a family - of my own. Both my parents, but especially my mother, encouraged me and led me to believe that it was possible.
My parents didn't make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate - he didn't have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.
I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.
My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint.
I was the only kid out of six of us to go to college, primarily because my parents could not afford it.