That's why I'm a heretical, skeptical, analytical bitch. XD My parents weren't even academics. But I had the good luck to be born to parents who encouraged us to question. They even encouraged us to question them. Both my parents would make my brother and I justify our opinions, even when we agreed with them, because they didn't want us to just parrot what they were saying.
My brother has still been known to mouth my father, though; as much as they don't get along, they have very similar opinions, and dad shaped my brother's opinions more than either of them realize, I think. Particularly on politics.
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Date: 11 Mar 2005 11:15 pm (UTC)My brother has still been known to mouth my father, though; as much as they don't get along, they have very similar opinions, and dad shaped my brother's opinions more than either of them realize, I think. Particularly on politics.
I grew up with good argument culture.