| When I was young I had to ride my bicycle to | | | | heart out to provide for his family. |
| school. During the winters I had no gloves and when | | | | I got my first car when I was nearly thirty and I had |
| I got to school, my hands were frozen for a long | | | | to buy it myself. The thought of buying me a car |
| time afterwards. Imagine writing an exam paper early | | | | never even crossed the mind of my dad, even |
| in the morning with stiff fingers and a time constraint. | | | | though I was the oldest child. His reasoning was that |
| I first saw television when I was 17 years old. I first | | | | apart from the cost - I was already a liability because |
| used a computer in my twenties, and did not own | | | | I went to university - I was soon going to find a |
| one until I was past thirty. I had to take care of my | | | | husband who would be able to transport me or buy |
| siblings, because my mother was emotionally absent | | | | me a car. |
| and my father was physically absent - working his | | | | |