Parents talk too much:

When we were young we often like to complain our parents talked too much and we would even be embaressed
in front of our friends when our parents gave us too much advice.

Look at yourself today and see how much of the advice your parents had given you that you are following or you still remember the advice but regretted not follwoing.
The advice the parents and the teacher had given you are never too much.
It is too much only in the sense that you have followed only a little in relative to the amount of advice they gave you.
If you think you are a better person for not having followed your parents advice i congratulate on you on your choice.

By and large i do believe parents do give good advice and it's too bad we realize too late not having followed their advice or have followed too little of the advice.
Yes you must still forge your way to get on the Right Path.

But it is also important in the beginning to pay heed to the advice you got from your parents.
Yes it's important to go beyond the advice they gave you.
But you can't go beyond unless you have followed all the advice they gave you.

Palms together
Deep bows,
Des/boo-ngoh