Meme meme meme meme meme
I'm borrowing this meme from a number of people (Frinstance,
jaylake), instead of getting any work done.
The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright. To participate in this blog game, copy and paste the (below) list into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you.
Father went to college
Father finished college [And got a master's in music education later on]
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor [I dont think my dad being a high school teacher counts, but he has that master's degree in music, so maybe it does.]
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home [Mom's a reader. Must be where I get it.]
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 [Swimming, ballet, tap, gymnastics, piano, clarinet, flute, singing ... ok, some of those were from my dad. And some others were because the YMCA used to be cheaper.]
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively [Unless you're counting writers. ;p]
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp [I don't think Brownie day camp once counts. But we went camping a lot as a family...]
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels [When they didn't involve KOA campgrounds or extended family, they were Motel 6's.]
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 [Much of it was, but we had a lot of hand-me-downs from each other and cousins for years.]
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them [But it was a hand-me-down from a family friend, and it was after I was in college. And it was an '87 Hyundai, so I'm not sure it counts as a car.]
There was original art in your house when you were a child [I think it was all from Mom and Dad's parents, though.]
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18 [But not my own line or anything. It was a present from my aunt and uncle. It was shaped like a rabbit, and had red eyes, and squealed a little alarmingly for a ring.]
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left
You had your own room as a child [After age 8 I did.]
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 [Mostly with family, but we moved some.]
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up [With the living in other countries, I believe it was required.]
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family [But I knew how much Mom worried about money all the time, and I knew how much groceries were and what we could and could not have.]
So pretty priviledged, I guess. Some of the perks were that living in the Midwest in the 70s and 80s was fairly cheap, even on a teacher's salary. And some of it was living overseas and the military paying for housing, so we had some extra cash. Firmly middle class, sometimes edging into upper middle class. But when we moved to Davis, we learned what true upper middle class looks like, and it wasn't us. No one was about to buy me a brand new car at 16, is what I'm saying. (Although I'm not sure they would have anyway, even if they could have afforded it.) Nor did I get my own phone line, or a tv in my room (Which is just as well, eww, tvs in bedrooms is just wrong) or any of the other middle class perks that seemed pretty normal to Davisites. But neither did I have to get a job myself to help out our family. I had a few jobs in high school. But they didn't last, because I was lazy and I didn't really need or want them.
Later: Whoops, added an explanatory thingy that I missed in teh copying yesterday. Um, yay?
jaylake), instead of getting any work done.
The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright. To participate in this blog game, copy and paste the (below) list into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you.
Father went to college
Father finished college [And got a master's in music education later on]
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor [I dont think my dad being a high school teacher counts, but he has that master's degree in music, so maybe it does.]
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home [Mom's a reader. Must be where I get it.]
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 [Swimming, ballet, tap, gymnastics, piano, clarinet, flute, singing ... ok, some of those were from my dad. And some others were because the YMCA used to be cheaper.]
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively [Unless you're counting writers. ;p]
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp [I don't think Brownie day camp once counts. But we went camping a lot as a family...]
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels [When they didn't involve KOA campgrounds or extended family, they were Motel 6's.]
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 [Much of it was, but we had a lot of hand-me-downs from each other and cousins for years.]
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them [But it was a hand-me-down from a family friend, and it was after I was in college. And it was an '87 Hyundai, so I'm not sure it counts as a car.]
There was original art in your house when you were a child [I think it was all from Mom and Dad's parents, though.]
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18 [But not my own line or anything. It was a present from my aunt and uncle. It was shaped like a rabbit, and had red eyes, and squealed a little alarmingly for a ring.]
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left
You had your own room as a child [After age 8 I did.]
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 [Mostly with family, but we moved some.]
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up [With the living in other countries, I believe it was required.]
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family [But I knew how much Mom worried about money all the time, and I knew how much groceries were and what we could and could not have.]
So pretty priviledged, I guess. Some of the perks were that living in the Midwest in the 70s and 80s was fairly cheap, even on a teacher's salary. And some of it was living overseas and the military paying for housing, so we had some extra cash. Firmly middle class, sometimes edging into upper middle class. But when we moved to Davis, we learned what true upper middle class looks like, and it wasn't us. No one was about to buy me a brand new car at 16, is what I'm saying. (Although I'm not sure they would have anyway, even if they could have afforded it.) Nor did I get my own phone line, or a tv in my room (Which is just as well, eww, tvs in bedrooms is just wrong) or any of the other middle class perks that seemed pretty normal to Davisites. But neither did I have to get a job myself to help out our family. I had a few jobs in high school. But they didn't last, because I was lazy and I didn't really need or want them.
Later: Whoops, added an explanatory thingy that I missed in teh copying yesterday. Um, yay?