My father paid for my education; then he made it clear that I was on my own.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My father resented that I was paid so much more than he was.
My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own.
I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought it was my mother who had all the money!
And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school.
My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything valuable which I may have acquired in my youth. He was my only intelligent companion, and was both a watchful parent and an affectionate friend.
My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.
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.
I paid for my own education by scholarship until I left university.