Portuguese Brainlet Culture

>>9064781
we think college is pretty important, you can only get a decent job here if you have a degree

Depends on where your father is from, i think.
My grandmother doesn't value education much, she grew up and lived most of her life cultivating, however my mother does, despite not knowing understanding what i am studying, she believes the more education the better.
My gf comes from a more rural area and her mother had to basicaly help her "sneak" her application to college because all the rest of her family believed it was a waste of time and money because she has cousins who went to college and ended up unemployed ( shit degrees with no employability ). Exacly like your case, once her family found out they told her to quit every chance they got, however now she works for a major tech company and not a single whisper since.

Another common theme is the older generations who do believe in education think only Law school is worthwhile.

>>9064781
>Portugal has the lowest literacy rate of any European nation and is at the same level of many 3rd world nations because of an entire gen of Portuguese under Salazar didn't get educated.

Lol Salazar wasted so much money on the African colonies instead of making shit back home better.