My parents did not pay a cent for my education; they didn't give me a car or furniture - I did that 100% on my own. I had to pay back a lot.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My parents didn't have any money.
I was the only kid out of six of us to go to college, primarily because my parents could not afford it.
I paid for my own education by scholarship until I left university.
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.
Every time I got paid, I would give my parents money. I would save some money, and I would have a little money to spend.
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.
And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didn't.
I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!
My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.