Social Class Meme

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Courtesy ceo and others . . .

Based 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 clearly based on North American/United States upbringings, but still, interesting.

Those things which are true of me, I will put in bold type.

• Father went to college.
  
• Father finished college. (MBA.)
  
• Mother went to college.
  
• Mother finished college. (M.Div.)
  
• Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor. (I believe my grandfather was a prof., and my grand-uncle Julian surely was.)
  
• Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers. (Social class? Not that I recall.)
  
• Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.
  
• Had more than 500 books in your childhood home. (Easily.)
  
• Were read children's books by a parent.
  
• Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18.
  
• 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. (Software professionals? Yeah, mostly.)
  
• Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18. (Wouldn't that have been a bad idea.)
  
• Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs. (A majority? Yes, though a lot of it was paid for by the Army.)
  
• Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs.
  
• Went to a private high school.
  
• Went to summer camp.
  
• Had a private tutor before you turned 18.
  
• Family vacations involved staying at hotels. (Mostly, they involved staying with relatives. Only a few involved hotels.)
  
• Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18. (There was probably some pre-owned clothing in there, but I was the eldest, so . . . )
  
• Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them. (Frak, no.)
  
• There was original art in your house when you were a child. (I can't recall any by people we weren't related to.)
  
• Had a phone in your room before you turned 18. (Frak, no.)
  
• You and your family lived in a single family house.
  
• Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home. (Owned it outright? I don't think so.)
  
• You had your own room as a child.
  
• Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course.
  
• Had your own TV in your room in high school. (Frak, no.)
  
• Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college.
  
• Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16. (Mostly to Florida to see the grandparents.)
  
• Went on a cruise with your family.
  
• Went on more than one cruise with your family.
  
• Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up. (The Museum of Science counts, right?)
  
• You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.
  

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

# There was original art in your house when you were a child. (I can't recall any by people we weren't related to.)
There were some repro art prints in the downstairs playroom, but otherwise, the entire house was decorated in original art. Yes, a few of the oils were done by our g-parents, but the question doesn't mention who the artist was. I covet that porcupine print every time we visit!
\\Nathaniel

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I stand corrected.