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of the things they say or some of the things that they've done, but I don't agree with them on
everything. Not to say that they were wrong. I just think differently."
This difference in opinion has led to some arguments throughout the Scientist's life.
When he was in high school, the Scientist's parents did not want him to socialize outside of the
family unit. His desire to go to parties and hang out with friends was often thwarted by his
parents' need to know everything that would happen at the party. Eventually, the Scientist gave
up on a social life in high school, even though he argued with his mother about her
overprotective behavior. These differences of opinion continue today between the Scientist and
his family and still manifest themselves as arguments. "For a while there, my mom and I would
get into little arguments about things [in reference to religion]. In a way, she still believes that
the teachings from the Catholic faith are pretty much set in stone. That's how it should be. I'm
thinking you know some things cannot be."
But despite their disagreements, the Scientist and his parents remain close. His parents
attended the Scientist's dissertation defense, and they continue to provide emotional support to
him. The Scientist used the word supportive 8 times in describing his parents during the
interview on family background. The word was used during the interviews in two other
instances, when the Scientist was discussing how to get more Latinos involved in higher
education and his battle with cancer during the final interview on cultural background. When I
asked him to describe his parents, the Scientist said: "Two loving, caring people, who have been
supportive of me from the beginning, and they really pushed me to be the best that I could be."
The Scientist even talked about how his parents offered their emotional support to him during the
graduate school experience. "Even when I got really, really down about just the trials and issues
of being a graduate student, long hours and minimal pay, or whatever, they were really124
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Colley, Kay Lynne. Latino success stories in higher education: A qualitative study of recent graduates from a health science center., dissertation, May 2007; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3687/m1/134/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .