Good question, Dotsie. You made me think. My mother didn't work except for a short stint as secretary to a local broker. My dad was a travelling salesman, selling Pillsbury flour to stores in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He never talked about his work. But I have a brother, six years older, and he first taught me how to get into a college on a scholarship, then how to not lose my scholarship (he'd lost his -- so he knew), then how to get along with guys when I dated, then how to do things right in the work world. I remember he once told me, "Keep your technical integrity." I knew right away what he meant. Some of the guys would exaggerate things to make a point or get ahead.
I did my best to learn from him.

Judy