Group unites first-generation college students on campus - The Michigan Daily: "She said her parents and older sister encouraged her to pursue a college education, and she rose to the challenge, graduating as valedictorian of her high school class.
“My parents really pushed me and my sisters to go to college,” she said. “School was everything.”
Johnson said it can be difficult for first-generation students to interact in a university setting, since they aren’t accustomed to the system.
“Financial aid is a hassle sometimes because no one in our family has done it before,” she said. “I know my roommate’s like, ‘Yeah my parents edited my paper for me,’ and I’m like ‘My parents would have no idea how to do that.’”"?
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