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The Class meme
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wishwords:
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.
• Father went to college: yes
• Father finished college: no, he joined the military & went to Vietnam
• Mother went to college: yes
• Mother finished college: no, she dropped out & ran her own answering service
• Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor: no
• Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers: I was homeschooled
• Had more than 50 books in your childhood home: yes, we were all avid readers
• Had more than 500 books in your childhood home: Sometimes, yes
• Were read children's books by a parent: yes, mother often read aloud to us
• Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18: yes, piano lessons
• Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18: no, just piano
• The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively: not always - they are usually just extras and fillers
• Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18: no
• Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs: no
• Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs: no
• Went to a private high school: no, I was Homeschooled
• Went to summer camp: yes, church camp three times
• Had a private tutor before you turned 18: no
• Family vacations involved staying at hotels: no, we didn't go on family vacations
• Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18: no, we shopped at goodwill
• Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them: yes, my mother & grandfather bought me my first car
• There was original art in your house when you were a child: yes and no, my grandmother was an avid needlepointer
• Had a phone in your room before you turned 18: yes
• You and your family lived in a single family house: yes
• Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home: yes
• You had your own room as a child: only for the last year or so
• Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course: no
• Had your own TV in your room in High School: no
• Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College: no
• Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16: yes, at least twice
• Went on a cruise with your family: no
• Went on more than one cruise with your family: no
• Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up: no
• You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family: no, I knew how much most things cost us
