Did your parents go to university?

[Amberr]

After reading sam's thread it's got me thinking...

Ok so basically I come from a working class background, nobody in my family did university and my cousins etc dropped out of college/sixth form. So I'm the only one really that actually wants to do something out of my life, but every time I try and talk to talk to my mother about it she doesn't really understand why I want to go onto university as she would be happy with whatever I did, she said to me in the past to just have an average day job in a department store or whatever. I have a part time job in a clothes store at the moment, the thought of having to do that for the rest of my life makes me want to physically die. I would love to go university but I still have no idea what I want to do as a career.

Have you had similar experiences with your parents or know of anyone?

[geo]

Um, my dad did but my mum didn't. I think my dad took Science there or something!

[Samantha]

Nah my parents didn't. I think my Auntie went to college or something and has a degree or A level in English Literature but that's it really.

[buttons]

none of my family have been to university. i'm the only one that's went this far. my brother has 5 highers (i think that's similar to alevels?) but he didn't go to college or university which i think is a shame. none of us were ever pushed to really work hard at school, so i never did but now my mum is very encouraging about what i wanna do (cause i asked her to be ) and it really motivates me and makes me try harder. my mum left school at 16 and said that's all you could do at her age and her background. i'm from a working class background too but i think that makes me want it more.

[Charlie]

My parents didn't, they didn't go to college either I think but they had no problem with me or my brother going college, they actually encouraged it.

[beth]

my mom started teacher training university but had to leave when she fell pregnant with me and married my dad. because of this my mom has always pushed me academically. maybe sometimes too much. my dad got an internship with the police when he was 16 so he was very lucky ha.

[Samantha.]

Neither of my parents did and my older brother didn't go so I was the first person in my family to go to uni and my family support me and I'm so glad I went, I love it!

[Neversoft]

My dad definitely didn't, but I think my mum might have. I'm not sure. They both encouraged me to go to university.

[=Lizzy]

my parents didn't no, my eldest sister is the first to go and my mums really happy that she chose to go haha.

[shiver]

afaik my mum did an OU degree, my dad hasn't done anything

i love uni! so glad i went. my parents are very support me so much at uni bless em x