class and privilege (personal edition)
i think i'm taking the privilege meme out of context - the original exercise was aimed at the staff of (american) university residence halls, and was meant to raise their awareness of social class and privilege on campus - but i'd guess a lot of other people are too. it's kind of interesting to see what people did with it, tho, and what it gets you to talk about.
i'm a meme sheep, have i mentioned? :D i kind of want to do it for some of the brain people too - little jay vs nash, possibly with a side of daniel and/or derry belmont, for comparison. (poor derry, no one would ever call him privileged. altho he and his mom did have an assload of books in their house, because his mom was the child of an english teacher and cultural snob, and they did live in a house and not an apartment, because his mom was better than apartment living. she was also a bit of a snob. also desperately poor by the time she died.) (but on the other hand, little jay slept in a dresser drawer or in the same bed as her dad until she was four, and the only reason she got a bed at that point was because she got too big to sleep in the drawer. and because ted's mom read him the riot act. and she considers herself privileged in some ways, because she always figured she'd go to college and her dad would always be around to support her, emotionally if not always financially. different perspective.)
anyway. i'll do that later. you just get my answers now. :D
Based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Indiana State University. If you participate in this blog game, PLEASE acknowledge their copyright. BOLD WHICH APPLY TO YOU:
* Father went to college
* Father finished college
* Mother went to college
* Mother finished college
* Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor - oddly enough all on my dad's side of the family
* Were the same or higher socio-economic class than your high school teachers - (this is a guess)
* Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
* Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
* Were read children's books by a parent
* Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
* The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively - i assume that for me this means "native english speaking white people" and not "short jewish women who need a haircut" :D
* Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18 - just barely, because i didn't get one until i went to college (so i could buy books and plane tickets home, mostly) and i turned eighteen in november of my freshman year. that's splitting hairs, isn't it....
* 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 - no, but i did go to private school through eighth grade (and then we moved)
* 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
* Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them - after i was in college, but yeah
* There was original art in your house when you were a child
* You and your family lived in a single family house
* Your parent(s) owned their own house(s) or apartment before you left home
* You had your own room as a child
* You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
* Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course - i managed to miss an entire unit of math between moving from nashville to long island, so there was stuff on the math part of the sat that i'd never seen before and didn't know how to do, and thus had to learn. i probably would've taken a prep course anyway, because almost everyone in my high school did (we were a school of over-achievers)
* Had your own TV in your room in High School
* Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College - hey, the mutual fund helped pay for college :D
* Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
* Went on a cruise with your family
* Went on more than one cruise with your family - i get seasick and am never taking a cruise again if i can help it
* 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
yes, i am a child of privilege, any way you want to define it, and for whatever reasons. this is news to you more than it is to me.
i'm a meme sheep, have i mentioned? :D i kind of want to do it for some of the brain people too - little jay vs nash, possibly with a side of daniel and/or derry belmont, for comparison. (poor derry, no one would ever call him privileged. altho he and his mom did have an assload of books in their house, because his mom was the child of an english teacher and cultural snob, and they did live in a house and not an apartment, because his mom was better than apartment living. she was also a bit of a snob. also desperately poor by the time she died.) (but on the other hand, little jay slept in a dresser drawer or in the same bed as her dad until she was four, and the only reason she got a bed at that point was because she got too big to sleep in the drawer. and because ted's mom read him the riot act. and she considers herself privileged in some ways, because she always figured she'd go to college and her dad would always be around to support her, emotionally if not always financially. different perspective.)
anyway. i'll do that later. you just get my answers now. :D
Based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Indiana State University. If you participate in this blog game, PLEASE acknowledge their copyright. BOLD WHICH APPLY TO YOU:
* Father went to college
* Father finished college
* Mother went to college
* Mother finished college
* Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor - oddly enough all on my dad's side of the family
* Were the same or higher socio-economic class than your high school teachers - (this is a guess)
* Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
* Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
* Were read children's books by a parent
* Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
* The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively - i assume that for me this means "native english speaking white people" and not "short jewish women who need a haircut" :D
* Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18 - just barely, because i didn't get one until i went to college (so i could buy books and plane tickets home, mostly) and i turned eighteen in november of my freshman year. that's splitting hairs, isn't it....
* 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 - no, but i did go to private school through eighth grade (and then we moved)
* 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
* Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them - after i was in college, but yeah
* There was original art in your house when you were a child
* You and your family lived in a single family house
* Your parent(s) owned their own house(s) or apartment before you left home
* You had your own room as a child
* You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
* Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course - i managed to miss an entire unit of math between moving from nashville to long island, so there was stuff on the math part of the sat that i'd never seen before and didn't know how to do, and thus had to learn. i probably would've taken a prep course anyway, because almost everyone in my high school did (we were a school of over-achievers)
* Had your own TV in your room in High School
* Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College - hey, the mutual fund helped pay for college :D
* Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
* Went on a cruise with your family
* Went on more than one cruise with your family - i get seasick and am never taking a cruise again if i can help it
* 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
yes, i am a child of privilege, any way you want to define it, and for whatever reasons. this is news to you more than it is to me.