To participate, copy and paste the list (below) into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you. Comments in italics.
pre-script: i almost didn’t do this because i could see how it’s just going to turn into a way to harvest demographic information (nice way to get research data, guys!), but heck, i couldn’t pass up the means to snarky comments. i heart snarky comments.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college – only if nursing school counts too
Mother finished college – again, only if nursing school counts
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers – i’m guessing this means socio-economic group (do we really have a class system in north america?), so yeah. i was definitely in the *same* group as some of my teachers.
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home – mom owned a bookstore
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home – duh, mom owned a bookstore!
Were read children’s books by a parent – again, MOM OWNED A BOOKSTORE!
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 – piano lessons
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 – do gymnastics and ballet lessons count?
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively – fuck no! fat chicks are never portrayed in a good light. duh.
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs – my dad made sure i never had to worry about college costs
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp – band camp, where i fell in love with my fellow clarinetist
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels – only when we went to disneyland
Your clothing was bought new before you turned 18. – only child. no hand-me-downs
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 – mom’s a big fan of original art
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18. – when i lived in the basement
You and your family lived in a single family house – until my parents divorced
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home – both my parents owned their homes when i moved out, yes
You had your own room as a child – only child, remember?
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course – wtf? NOT AN AMERICAN!
Had your own TV in your room in High School – only to keep the peace between my mother and i
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 – have family in ontario. lots of flights back east.
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and/or art galleries as you grew up. – mom likes art. dad likes boats.
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family – i was totally unaware of the cost of living until i was about 15.
The list is based on an exercise developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. The exercise developers ask that if you participate in this blog game, you acknowledge their copyright.
[thanks jen]