Senior Jimmy and sophomore Jesse Clifton are both first-generation college students. In this video, the brothers talk about how their parents, who went to work straight out of high school, pushed them to do their best despite a low socioeconomic status and a less-than-average high school in Oakland, IL. They explain the difficulties they have encountered being the first ones in their family to attend university and also how it gives them a different perspective on education and opportunities in general.

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