
S2, Ep6 How to Fail: Farrah Storr
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
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The Importance of Pursuing Education
From 13 right up to 17, I just worked like a demon. And the goal was I wanted to get to Oxford. My dad always used to think I was quite because I like Barbie dolls. He said it was really sinister. So by being academic, I knew that. It's true, again, of a lot of immigrants, you pursue education to get yourself out of whatever. But in Asian culture, generally speaking, your first born is your special kid. You know, he's the boy, you know, who's special. And then you have a youngest who is special. Being the third out of four didn't really felt like I had a place in my dad's eyes
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