meme ganked from tsita
As I stated before, I got this meme from tsita...and it really, really, made me think.
After my brother and I were born, mom had to go back to work earlier than she expected to--due to her having twins instead of just one child, like she was told she would have before they found me hiding behind my brother....My father, instead of buying new work boots, bought us milk and paid for diaper service instead of purchasing disposable diapers. Both worked. There were times when they would tell us that money was tight. We all buckled down. And we were better off than a lot of people.
People who ignorantly say that no one really starves in America have got their heads up their asses.
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.
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 (I had over 200 in my bookcases, and many more in the basement of my house)
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
9. Were read children's books by a parent (Not all the time, but I remember coercing mom into reading to us sometimes)
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18. (I had violin, voice, languiage, deportment, and art lessons..my mom was determined to make sure i wasn't "a stereotype".)
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 (costs after scholarships). (undergrad--i've paid and am still paying for my postgrad)
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs.
16. Went to a private high school (and grade school as well..mom was an educator, and she was educated in the private system as well)
17. Went to summer camp. (Dear lord jesus, camps SAVED my life as a child!! So many positive and affirming lessons learned in the woods!!)
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. (a lot of it was....when my parents began to make some real monies, we went to the malls, and since i went to private school, i had uniforms specially made)
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them. (Technically, I bought it from a relative...300 dollars)
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child.
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. (after i went off to college my mother inherited the house she now lives in)
25. You had your own room as a child. (technically, i was 13 when i got my own room...my brother and i were too old to share a room)
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18. (does having an extra-long phone cord count?)
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course. (through Upward Bound--it's a federally funded program that gives poor or low-income kids with potential a fighting chance to succeed at obtaining a college degree)
28. Had your own TV in your room in High School. (I watched the news and whatever was watchable on public tv)
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College.
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16.
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. (my grandmother did this with me...our ritual was to go to the Jefferson Memorial or to the St. Louis Art Gallery on the days it was free , and study the art of whomever was touring at the time...then we would go to the park and feed the geese and talk and talk...god I miss those days.)
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
After my brother and I were born, mom had to go back to work earlier than she expected to--due to her having twins instead of just one child, like she was told she would have before they found me hiding behind my brother....My father, instead of buying new work boots, bought us milk and paid for diaper service instead of purchasing disposable diapers. Both worked. There were times when they would tell us that money was tight. We all buckled down. And we were better off than a lot of people.
People who ignorantly say that no one really starves in America have got their heads up their asses.
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.
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 (I had over 200 in my bookcases, and many more in the basement of my house)
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
9. Were read children's books by a parent (Not all the time, but I remember coercing mom into reading to us sometimes)
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18. (I had violin, voice, languiage, deportment, and art lessons..my mom was determined to make sure i wasn't "a stereotype".)
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 (costs after scholarships). (undergrad--i've paid and am still paying for my postgrad)
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs.
16. Went to a private high school (and grade school as well..mom was an educator, and she was educated in the private system as well)
17. Went to summer camp. (Dear lord jesus, camps SAVED my life as a child!! So many positive and affirming lessons learned in the woods!!)
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. (a lot of it was....when my parents began to make some real monies, we went to the malls, and since i went to private school, i had uniforms specially made)
21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them. (Technically, I bought it from a relative...300 dollars)
22. There was original art in your house when you were a child.
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. (after i went off to college my mother inherited the house she now lives in)
25. You had your own room as a child. (technically, i was 13 when i got my own room...my brother and i were too old to share a room)
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18. (does having an extra-long phone cord count?)
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course. (through Upward Bound--it's a federally funded program that gives poor or low-income kids with potential a fighting chance to succeed at obtaining a college degree)
28. Had your own TV in your room in High School. (I watched the news and whatever was watchable on public tv)
29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College.
30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16.
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. (my grandmother did this with me...our ritual was to go to the Jefferson Memorial or to the St. Louis Art Gallery on the days it was free , and study the art of whomever was touring at the time...then we would go to the park and feed the geese and talk and talk...god I miss those days.)
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.