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A class meme from
lizbee, with some items that aren't yet applicable removed.
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.
Bold the items that are true.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor [Paralegal mother, biochemist cousin, billionaire financier jackass cousin]
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 [I bought most of them myself]
Were read children's books by a parent
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 [Piano, kung fu, bagpipe, but they were all free for various reasons and I've given up piano]
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively
Went to a private high school [This isn't a 'class' thing so much as the complete lack of facilities in public schools for people with Asperger's Syndrome]
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
There was original art in your house when you were a child [I, my aunt, and my mother all paint, and we also have a riding print that we got cheap because it nearly killed Henry Campbell-Bannerman]
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18 [It's the only room in the house with a phone jack; my mother's up there now talking to a friend]
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
You had your own room as a child
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 [Texas, California, Chicago, Ireland, Rhode Island]
Went on a cruise with your family [Hahahahahaha. I wish]
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family