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Privileges
It's a meme, based on a group exercise, about privilege. Bold the things that are true about you.
I have a lot going for me. Makes me feel worse about being a bit of a screw-up, but ah well. Here we are.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
This is a strange one -- my high school teachers were mostly volunteers drawn from my parents' friends...
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
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
another wierd one. I ended up leaving it off, but could have as easily left it on.
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*
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
Not quite private: I had a special math teacher with my friend Anders for about three weeks when I was 6ish, but still, there it is.
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
maybe %20 of them? Most family vacations didn't involve hotels, since we travelled to go to the wilderness or to visit relatives, but it wasn't a hardship to stay in one.
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
There was original art in your house when you were a child
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
There's a mother-in-law apartment, and for a while we needed that income, but at the same time it's disenginuous to suggest otherwise
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home (see above)
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
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
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
Though this was not out of poverty but because my father is an energy researcher.
I have a lot going for me. Makes me feel worse about being a bit of a screw-up, but ah well. Here we are.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
This is a strange one -- my high school teachers were mostly volunteers drawn from my parents' friends...
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
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
another wierd one. I ended up leaving it off, but could have as easily left it on.
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*
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
Not quite private: I had a special math teacher with my friend Anders for about three weeks when I was 6ish, but still, there it is.
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
maybe %20 of them? Most family vacations didn't involve hotels, since we travelled to go to the wilderness or to visit relatives, but it wasn't a hardship to stay in one.
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
There was original art in your house when you were a child
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
There's a mother-in-law apartment, and for a while we needed that income, but at the same time it's disenginuous to suggest otherwise
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home (see above)
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
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
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
Though this was not out of poverty but because my father is an energy researcher.
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Heck, when my brother was a kid, there were plenty of his schoolmates who didn't have electricity in their homes yet, but the old kampungs were torn down by the time I went to school, and people moved to housing projects. Also, I know the family's heating bill was zero, because we lived 1 degree off the equator.
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