Undergraduate / "Mental Transformation" - UC; World I come from [5]

Please be brutally honest, but sensible. Here's the prompt. ( disregard paragraph spacing )

"Describe the world you come from - for example, your family, community or school - and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations."

I come from a family with a long history of shortened and undersized education. Both of my parents were born into large families in which they were frequently told that college wasn't a high life priority. They went through high school with no intent of continuing their education after graduating because of harsh financial issues and the lack of encouragement. Subsequently, they had no one to look up to as a role model, no one to compel them forward.[..]