Interesting classist survey
From
megspencer
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, copy and paste the list (below) into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you. Comments in italics.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor (Not that am aware of, no)
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers (Not sure what this means--I'd consider us lower-middle class, teachers probably were too)
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home (I don't know if this was literally true, but I was in and out of public libraries so often--plus my dad worked at one--that it might as well be)
Were read children's books by a parent (I think so, but I don't remember clearly enough to be sure)
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (piano and double bass)
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively (long-haired bearded midwestern guys who dress primarily in black...yes? no? maybe?)
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 (does a week of boy scout camp--which I hated--count?)
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was bought new before you turned 18 (Not all of it, but most)
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them (I still don't own a car)
There was original art in your house when you were a child
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home (mortgage + home equity loan, but I guess so, sure--not sure what this is going for, though)
You had your own room as a child (eventually, once we moved to the suburbs)
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course (didn't need to. =P)
Had your own TV in your room in High School (for which I worked and earned the money myself, yes)
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 (I think just barely--I'm fairly certain flying down to Texas for my cousin's birthday was before 2000; it was whenever Phantom Menace came out, we went to see it in the theater that weekend)
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and/or art galleries as you grew up (parents didn't, other organizations did)
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
Edit: Something weird apparently happened when I put this behind an lj-cut. Should be fixed now?
megspencer
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, copy and paste the list (below) into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you. Comments in italics.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor (Not that am aware of, no)
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers (Not sure what this means--I'd consider us lower-middle class, teachers probably were too)
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home (I don't know if this was literally true, but I was in and out of public libraries so often--plus my dad worked at one--that it might as well be)
Were read children's books by a parent (I think so, but I don't remember clearly enough to be sure)
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 (piano and double bass)
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively (long-haired bearded midwestern guys who dress primarily in black...yes? no? maybe?)
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 (does a week of boy scout camp--which I hated--count?)
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was bought new before you turned 18 (Not all of it, but most)
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them (I still don't own a car)
There was original art in your house when you were a child
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home (mortgage + home equity loan, but I guess so, sure--not sure what this is going for, though)
You had your own room as a child (eventually, once we moved to the suburbs)
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course (didn't need to. =P)
Had your own TV in your room in High School (for which I worked and earned the money myself, yes)
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 (I think just barely--I'm fairly certain flying down to Texas for my cousin's birthday was before 2000; it was whenever Phantom Menace came out, we went to see it in the theater that weekend)
Went on a cruise with your family
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and/or art galleries as you grew up (parents didn't, other organizations did)
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
Edit: Something weird apparently happened when I put this behind an lj-cut. Should be fixed now?