| Jan. 11th, 2008 @ 08:01 pm How Privileged Was I? Memage |
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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.
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. Heck, my father WAS a high school teacher.
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
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. Hmm...they paid tuition; I paid living expenses. Is that a majority?
15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
16. Went to a private high school
17. Went to summer camp. Once
18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels mostly, motels on long road trips.
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. It was a hand-me-down from someone else.
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
25. You had your own room as a child (Not always, but most of the time.)
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
28. Had your own TV in your room in high school
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. Natural history museums mostly
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family. Of course, I knew exactly how much the cooling bills were. In Phoenix.
*Yes, Mom, I know you finished your AA degree, but I'm guessing they mean bachelor's or higher.
**Good Lord! There WERE no people portrayed in the media who looked and dressed like we did when I was young! |
