What priveleges do you have? meme
By way of gnostalgia. I question the validity of this to a degree, but it's interesting how many I bold when our family was in the lower end of middle class compared to at least a couple of the friends I envied. Yet definitely a bit higher in the economic strata than a number of my other friends.
From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.
http://wbarratt.indstate.edu/socialclass/social_class_on_campus.htm
Bold the true statements.
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
9. Were read children's books by a parent
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
?? 12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
(umm? not sure on this one, I guess maybe?)
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp
(YMCA day camp for a couple years)
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
(Only one ever that I remember)
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
(Barely)
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
(Even not counting my uncle's, yes)
23. You and your family lived in a single family house
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
(Only my dad. It's complicated.)
25. You had your own room as a child.
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
(It was free)
28. Had your own TV in your room in High School
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
(Not my fault I swear)
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
(I have one of my earlier memories from this... my mom asking me if I thought the cars looked like ants, I said no, then felt guilty for saying no.)
31. Went on a cruise with your family
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
(In North Dakota? lol no.)
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.
http://wbarratt.indstate.edu/socialclass/social_class_on_campus.htm
Bold the true statements.
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
9. Were read children's books by a parent
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
?? 12. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
(umm? not sure on this one, I guess maybe?)
13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp
(YMCA day camp for a couple years)
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
(Only one ever that I remember)
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
(Barely)
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
(Even not counting my uncle's, yes)
23. You and your family lived in a single family house
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
(Only my dad. It's complicated.)
25. You had your own room as a child.
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
(It was free)
28. Had your own TV in your room in High School
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
(Not my fault I swear)
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
(I have one of my earlier memories from this... my mom asking me if I thought the cars looked like ants, I said no, then felt guilty for saying no.)
31. Went on a cruise with your family
32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up.
(In North Dakota? lol no.)
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.