• Question: Do your family support you ?????

    Asked by E-dog to Shruti, Mark, Faranak, Douglas, Charlene, Alistair on 8 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Alistair McConnell

      Alistair McConnell answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      My family have always supported me in my work and even have my graduation pictures up in the house just to embarrass me when people visit.

    • Photo: Mark Bentley

      Mark Bentley answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      Yes, when I was doing my apprenticeship I was on very low pay so they let me live rent free until I was earning enough.

      My Mum follows my work on social media which is nice 🙂

    • Photo: Douglas Wragg

      Douglas Wragg answered on 9 Mar 2019:

      My parents supported and encouraged me, particularly with my apprenticeship.

    • Photo: Faranak Bahrami

      Faranak Bahrami answered on 10 Mar 2019:

      Support mentally or financially ?

      Mentally, they have always been there for me, to support me, and tell me that I can succeed.

      Financially, during my bachelor and masters degree, they had to support me because i’m an international student and don’t have any fundings like the student’s from the UK or Europe, so my parents paid for my education, accommodation, and other expenses, which I’ll be always grateful for, however, fortunately now, for my doctorate I’m funded by the engineering and physical sciences research council (EPSRC), university of Surrey, and my industrial sponsor TWI, so I don’t get any more financial support from my parents 🙂

    • Photo: Shruti Turner

      Shruti Turner answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      Yes, I am very fortunate that my family are very supportive of my career decisions. They haven’t always agreed with my choices and they have told me that. This is the point where we have had conversations about it so that we can understand the other’s perspective. In the end my family are happy if I am happy, which is very nice.

    • Photo: Charlene Chung

      Charlene Chung answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      There have been times where my parents were not completely supportive of my choices.
      We disagreed on what university and what city I wanted to go to and live in, but they saw how much it benefited me and it made me happy, and that’s all that mattered.

      Career choices, at first there were a bit dubious, and when I had a slight career change, they didn’t like. They were keen on me going into a completely different field, and didn’t think going through the career change was a good idea, but that is just because they didn’t know much about the field and the opportunities it offered.

      They were also worried that I was making it harder for myself, but they knew that I needed to try a different career for a bit, and because I’ve ended up where I am, they see the benefits it’s had for me as a person as a whole.

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