I grew up in what you can call ' uppermiddle class ', until my parents got divorced when I was 14 . It went to lowermiddle class . My mother works as a doctor ' s assistant and my father works in agriculture . I was mostly raised on a farm we moved a few times and my parents always tried to work with us , instead of against us . They realized quite early own the produced three ' quirky ' children . I was allowed it keep my head in the clouds and read as many books as I wanted , but when it became excessive they were very strict in toning it down . Other than that my relationship with my father clashes constantly because of our differences in personalities and my mother and me are both passively aggressive creatures , so you can just imagine the fights . My parents still don ' t see eye to eye even if the divorce was final 12 years ago . You can say a lot about my parents , but you can ' t deny that they don ' t do things halfass . Over all , we turned out okay , I guess . I ' m a parttime teacher in civics and politics , while reading a thesis for my master ' s in governance . My sister is studying to be a doctor and my teenage brother is turning out to be a decent programmer .