My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My father was a teacher and my mother also worked in the school, so the family has a background in education.
It is possible to get an education at a university. It has been done; not often.
I went to Cambridge University and was the first in my family to graduate.
I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.
My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic.
Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment.
My parents didn't go to university and weren't brought up in England. They hadn't heard of any other universities other than 'Cambridge' or 'Oxford.'
I think my parents did want me to go to university just in case, but neither my mum or dad went to uni, so they couldn't talk.
As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university.
I was the first person to go to university from my family.