Okay then, I'll play.
From an exercise set from: What Privileges Do You Have?
, 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.
Bold the true statements.
1. Father went to college
2. Father finished college
3. Mother went to college
4. Mother finished college
college meaning university, I assume. Nope.
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
does swimming club and riding school count?
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.
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
Yeah I know this is assumed, but I didn't actually go to Uni either.
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
"bought me a car"?! Snerf!
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
23. You and your family lived in a single family house
eventually, started out in a council flat.
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
25. You had your own room as a child
eventually. Shared with my mother to start with.
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in High School
Had a clock radio...
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a number of camps and meets with the swimming club
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
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
Yeah, not so much, huh? I wonder if it's all geography and generation, because I really would define my childhood as middle-class. Earlier on, probably poor, but definitely middle-class. But the questions that do apply seem to be mostly by coincidence.