“My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.” FirstsPersonsParentHappenedCollegeDadBandMy FamilyMy DadSingersHarvardFirst Person Author:Dean Norris
“Everybody in my family had a real sick, twisted sense of humor. Most of the jokes we make in our house, we would just never even dream of making anywhere else. Just sick, horrible stuff. That wasn't anything new to college.” RealDreamHouseStuffCollegeJokesMy FamilySickHorribleSense Of HumorTwisted Author:Seth MacFarlane
“My original goal in the '90s, after I found feminism and I was the first generation in my family to go to college, was to spread this information that feminism was still very much alive, and that you can't believe the media telling you that it doesn't need to exist and that it doesn't exist.” NeedsFirstsBelieveStillsFoundGoalAliveGenerationsFeminismMediaInformationCollegeMy FamilyOriginalsSpread Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I love the book signings, you know, because I get to talk to real people, and a staggering number of people have said something very specific to me. "The Family Leave Law saved my family," or "Made our lives better," or, "The education aid that you provided made it possible for me to go to college." One man at 50 years of age got his college degree.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsMadeSaidBookRealAgeLawNumbersOur LivesCollegeDegreesMy FamilyAidsSavedMade ItOne ManSigningStaggeringCollege Degree Author:William J. Clinton
“My family is all lawyers. Most people when they come on shows like this, "I'm proud of the first member of my family to get a college education."” PeopleFirstsShowsCollegeProudMembersMy FamilyLawyerCollege Education Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much, I love playing it, I just never thought I'd make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me. I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing.” PeopleInspirationalStillsFeelingsDreamTodayCollegeBasketballStandingMy FamilyCoachesLeagueNbaMotivatedSurrealDoubtedMvpLove And BasketballI Love Basketball Author:Kevin Durant
“My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So, to be a good representative of my family is probably my greatest accomplishment thus far.” TwoSchoolJobsParentCollegeHigh SchoolMy FamilyAccomplishmentRepresentativesGreat JobTwo SistersGreatest Accomplishment Author:Robert Griffin III
“I've lived the American dream. I was born and raised on the farm, first in my family to graduate from college. I spent 13 years working in our family business.” YearsFirstsDreamBornCollegeMy FamilyRaisedOur FamilyFarmsGraduatesAmerican DreamBorn And Raised Author:Cathy McMorris Rodgers
“As I look back on the day I signed my professional contract in 1973, I've never gone to sleep wondering if I could pay the bills or take care of my family. That's what basketball has done for me. It's given me the greatest of thrills from high school to college to the Olympics to coaching to broadcasting.” IfsLooksDoneCareSchoolGivenSleepPayWonderGoneCollegeBasketballHigh SchoolMy FamilyBillsTake CareCoachingIf I CouldContractsOlympicsBroadcasting Author:Doug Collins
“Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensEndsHardWantedSchoolJobsFacesClassTeachingCollegeHard WorkMomProudSittingMy FamilyInvestmentMy MomThe End Of The DaySlapHere I AmSlap In The Face Author:Mike Posner
“I'm about the only person in my family that's made it to 24 without being married. That's the way it works where I'm from. Most people, if you find someone to marry in high school, you do that, and if you don't find that, then you find someone in college.” PeopleIfsWayPersonsMadeSchoolCollegeMarriedHigh SchoolMy FamilyMade ItBeing Married Author:Carrie Underwood
“Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and use it for life building. Education was key in my family. You were going to college.” WellsPersonsHelpingUseProcessTeachInformationBuildingCollegeKeysPeriodsMy FamilyDataWell RoundedGoing To College Author:Yolanda Adams
“Being the first to go to college in my family was a great thing, but it was also a source of guilt. I felt like almost a sellout going to college.” FirstsFeltCollegeSourceMy FamilyGuiltGreat ThingsGoing To College Author:Matt de la Pena
“I have to throw in on a personal note that I didn't like history when I was in high school. I didn't study history when I was in college, none at all, and only started to do graduate study when my children were going to graduate school. What first intrigued me was this desire to understand my family and put it in the context of American history. That makes history so appealing and so central to what I am trying to do.” TryingFirstsChildrenSchoolDesireStudyCollegeHigh SchoolMy FamilyNotesMy ChildrenGraduatesAmerican HistoryIntriguedGraduate School Author:Adele Logan Alexander
“When I was skinny, I didn't get work. When I came out of college, I didn't get work until the Iglehart gene kicked in. Most of my family are large and that's when it started happening. My acrobats moves stayed with me.” MovingCollegeHappeningsMy FamilyGenesSkinny Author:James Monroe Iglehart
“I came back and decided that I wanted to go to college for acting and got my family on board. My mom, who was a single mom, was a little reticent, but I think after that summer [in the Governor's School], she saw a shift in me and realized that it was something I wanted more than just a hobby.” ThinkingLittlesWantedSchoolActingSawsCollegeMomSummerMy FamilyDecidedMy MomBoardsGovernorsHobbiesSingle Mom Author:Zachary Quinto
“I hadn't really thought about going to college. Nobody in my family went away to school. The other piece of that was I didn't see anybody else in my hometown going to college to give me some kind of influence or something like that you might want to think about. I didn't see any of that. Therefore I thought it was never there. What happened was that my high school coach intervened. Had he not intervened to the measure he intervened, I probably wouldn't have gone.” ThinkingGivingKindSchoolInfluenceCollegeHigh SchoolMy FamilyCoachesHometownGoing To College Author:Lenny Moore
“The ticket out of the Depression was an education, a college degree. It really didn't matter if you knew anything. You just had to have the degree. My dad, up until the last two years of his life, thought he had failed miserably with me 'cause I didn't go to college. I mean, you've seen postgame interviews with the star of the game and the players always talk about how proud his parents are because he's the first guy in his family ever to attend college. I'm the first in my family not to! I'm the first of my family not to have a degree. It's thrown everybody for a loop.” MeanGuyParentPlayerCollegeProudDadMy FamilyMy DadThoughts On LifeCollege Degree Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am the first one in my family to go to college and I felt a great responsibility when I was at school, because my family was making so many sacrifices for me to be there. I was raised by a single mother, my grandmother got on the plane and helped me move to New York and moved me into the dorm. It was just a big moment, and, yes, it was my dream to be an actress, but also I didn't want to let them down.” MomentsDreamSchoolMovingMotherResponsibilitySacrificeCollegeMy FamilyMovedGrandmotherMy GrandmotherSingle MotherGreat Responsibility Author:Jessica Chastain
“I believe that education offers the fastest route to economic mobility. I grew up with a family of strong, accomplished, and educated women. I believe, as they say, that you can't be what you don't see, and since I saw a lot of smart women in my life, education being at the center, I just mimicked that behavior. There was never a question that I'd go to college. In fact, I was the last person in my family to get a master's degree, so that tells you I'm actually the underachiever!” BelieveStrongI BelieveEconomicCollegeBehaviorSmartMy FamilyEducatedAccomplished Author:Eva Longoria
“In my family, there was one cardinal priority - education. College was not an option; it was mandatory. So even though we didn’t have a lot of money, we made it work. I signed up for financial aid, Pell Grants, work study, anything I could.” MadeStudyCollegeMy FamilyFinancialAidsPrioritiesMade ItGrantsLots Of MoneyCardinalsFinancial AidPell Grants Author:Eva Longoria
“I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal.” ThinkingWorldI CanUseGoalTermWealthCollegeProudMy FamilyLegacyProvidingBe ProudGrandchildrenDominationMy GrandchildrenWorld Domination Author:Nicki Minaj
“I was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and raised pretty much all around the country. My family tended to move from place to place following economic prospects and jobs and looking for new opportunities, so we changed schools, colleges, grade schools, high schools every 6 months to a year - depending on the breaks.” YearsCountrySchoolJobsMovingOpportunityBornBreakEconomicChangedCollegeMonthsHigh SchoolMy FamilyRaisedFollowingGradesJerseyNew JerseyProspectsNew OpportunityGrades In School Author:J. Michael Straczynski
“My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.” FirstsPersonsSchoolSocialPoorChildhoodCollegeGrewGrew UpHigh SchoolMy FamilyPreparedSouthPsychologistGhettoFirst PersonEarly ChildhoodBronxSicilianPoor Family Author:Philip Zimbardo