Privilege meme
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lederhosenGanked from various; also ganked from various, acknowledgements that this meme is rather US-centric.
Based on an exercise 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, PLEASE acknowledge their copyright. BOLD WHICH APPLY TO YOU:
Father went tocollege university
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor Not that it makes a difference where I'm concerned, but this really should specify just how close a relative we're talking about. Otherwise, everybody qualifies.
Were the same or higher socio-economic class than your high school teachers - I don't know. Our teachers didn't come with socio-economic class stamped on their foreheads. But two of my classmates had parents who taught at our school, and they got more pocket money than me, so I'll say no.
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 lessons of any kind before you turned 18 Is this meant to be 'music lessons' or something? Because any kid who's been to school has had 'lessons'.
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 - this question is FAR too fuzzy. I could quite truthfully answer 'yes' or 'no' depending on where I drew the line for 'like me' and 'positively'.
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs - no, I did my undergrad degree on HECS and a small scholarship, postgrad on a larger scholarship.
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school Although in hindsight, something like Ginninderra High would've provided just as good an education without the institutionalised bastardry of CGS.
Went to summer camp - not a big thing in Australia.
Had a private tutor before you turned 18 Not for schoolwork, though.
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 I think. May have got a few hand-me-downs.
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them - no, and in Australia that is much less common than it is in the USA. There were 150-odd kids in my year group, only a handful of them had cars, and I think some of those were parental loaners. This in the poshest private school in the ACT.
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 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 - no, but we had a long extension reel so I could make the one in the study reach.
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course - NA.
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family - not really, but we did go on a boat for a scuba/snorkelling holiday, although due to bad eyesight and lack of prescription lenses it was largely wasted on me.
Went on more than one cruise with your family
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, but heating bills were a much smaller part of life in Canberra than they are in much of the USA.
Based on an exercise 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, PLEASE acknowledge their copyright. BOLD WHICH APPLY TO YOU:
Father went to
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor Not that it makes a difference where I'm concerned, but this really should specify just how close a relative we're talking about. Otherwise, everybody qualifies.
Were the same or higher socio-economic class than your high school teachers - I don't know. Our teachers didn't come with socio-economic class stamped on their foreheads. But two of my classmates had parents who taught at our school, and they got more pocket money than me, so I'll say no.
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 lessons of any kind before you turned 18 Is this meant to be 'music lessons' or something? Because any kid who's been to school has had 'lessons'.
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 - this question is FAR too fuzzy. I could quite truthfully answer 'yes' or 'no' depending on where I drew the line for 'like me' and 'positively'.
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs - no, I did my undergrad degree on HECS and a small scholarship, postgrad on a larger scholarship.
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school Although in hindsight, something like Ginninderra High would've provided just as good an education without the institutionalised bastardry of CGS.
Went to summer camp - not a big thing in Australia.
Had a private tutor before you turned 18 Not for schoolwork, though.
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 I think. May have got a few hand-me-downs.
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them - no, and in Australia that is much less common than it is in the USA. There were 150-odd kids in my year group, only a handful of them had cars, and I think some of those were parental loaners. This in the poshest private school in the ACT.
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 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 - no, but we had a long extension reel so I could make the one in the study reach.
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course - NA.
Had your own TV in your room in High School
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
Went on a cruise with your family - not really, but we did go on a boat for a scuba/snorkelling holiday, although due to bad eyesight and lack of prescription lenses it was largely wasted on me.
Went on more than one cruise with your family
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, but heating bills were a much smaller part of life in Canberra than they are in much of the USA.
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Date: 2008-01-01 06:26 am (UTC)You've atually got several more bolded than I would have (especially if I don't count suff that happened after I was 18 or 20).
:::bows down before Higher Class Personage:::
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Date: 2008-01-01 09:56 am (UTC)Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Can I count this as a 'yes' if m'sister did it but not me? M'family did the sums and decided that the cost of paying for m'sister's years of med school upfront (and the cost of capital to fund it, and/or the opportunity cost involved in not investing said funds otherwise) was less than the cost of using HECS and deferring the payments. So the family trust paid for it.
With me, it was borderline one way or the other for a three year degree, so we didn't bother. Just as well, since I dropped out of that degree.
But I had the option. Which would make this a 'yes'. Yes?
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Date: 2008-01-01 02:33 pm (UTC)Does any child actually know the amounts of their heating bills? Many kids may have heard their parents WHINE about the costs and be told to stop turning the thermostat up, but the actual numbers?