Meme borrowed from mimimimi_word
Meme borrowed from mimimimi_word
It's quite enlightening and not at all. I was always different growing up. We lived in the woods, we weren't blond. We didn't eat traditional, white midwestern food -- just ask the friends who always wanted to know what was for dinner before coming over (rabbit, frog, tripe, nothing was verboten).
A Quaker thinking about social class wrote up a set of "how privileged was your upbringing" questions, and made it into a meme. She based it on an exercise by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University, who ask that their copyright be acknowledged by anyone doing this meme.
This is based on North American/United States culture. Items in bold are true for me.
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 I guess so, I never thought about it
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home I'm not sure, really, but I'm going to say yes, because it would be close
9. Were read children's books by a parent Yes, very fond memories of the Secret Garden and all of the Little House books
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
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. Dayton's, like all young Minnesotans in the 80s
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
16. Went to summer camp.
17. Had a private tutor before you turned 18.
18. Family vacations involved staying at hotels.
19. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18.
20. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them. True, but it was quite well used and it excused them from driving me to 5:30 swim practices.
21. There was original art in your house when you were a child.
22. Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
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
25. You had your own room as a child
26. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course.
27. Had your own TV in your room in High School
28. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
29. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16.
30. Went on a cruise with your family
31. Went on more than one cruise with your family
32. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
33. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family . No, I was very aware. It was the '70s. We heated our house with wood, I'm quite handy still with an ax, hatchet, chainsaw and wood splitter. Plus even when we graduated to a more traditionally heated house, it was always cold. Maybe that's why I can't turn the thermostat above 64 degrees, still.
It's quite enlightening and not at all. I was always different growing up. We lived in the woods, we weren't blond. We didn't eat traditional, white midwestern food -- just ask the friends who always wanted to know what was for dinner before coming over (rabbit, frog, tripe, nothing was verboten).
A Quaker thinking about social class wrote up a set of "how privileged was your upbringing" questions, and made it into a meme. She based it on an exercise by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University, who ask that their copyright be acknowledged by anyone doing this meme.
This is based on North American/United States culture. Items in bold are true for me.
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 I guess so, I never thought about it
7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home I'm not sure, really, but I'm going to say yes, because it would be close
9. Were read children's books by a parent Yes, very fond memories of the Secret Garden and all of the Little House books
10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
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. Dayton's, like all young Minnesotans in the 80s
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
16. Went to summer camp.
17. Had a private tutor before you turned 18.
18. Family vacations involved staying at hotels.
19. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18.
20. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them. True, but it was quite well used and it excused them from driving me to 5:30 swim practices.
21. There was original art in your house when you were a child.
22. Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
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
25. You had your own room as a child
26. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course.
27. Had your own TV in your room in High School
28. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
29. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16.
30. Went on a cruise with your family
31. Went on more than one cruise with your family
32. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
33. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family . No, I was very aware. It was the '70s. We heated our house with wood, I'm quite handy still with an ax, hatchet, chainsaw and wood splitter. Plus even when we graduated to a more traditionally heated house, it was always cold. Maybe that's why I can't turn the thermostat above 64 degrees, still.