My statuses and the roles attributed to those statuses contributed to the decision to attend college. For my Mother, there was no option, my brother and I were attending and finishing college, but she did not care where we attended. With and indifferent standpoint, my father did not stress the importance to attend college, but would support us no matter what we decided. A major aspect of my role was obedience. Traditional values and a family centered on a mother figure were values that my brother and I learned from my parents. Furthermore, no one objected to my mother’s desires, every decision went according to how she fashioned it. My mother preferred that my brother and I stay home for college, so that she did not want to worry about