the privilege game
Jan. 1st, 2008 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petmoosieThe 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.
To participate in this blog game, copy and paste the list below into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you. If you don't have a blog, feel free to post your responses in the comments.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
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---Was read the Bible by a parent for sure. My mother denies that she read anything else to us.
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
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---Actually, my brother did for driving.
Family vacations involved staying at hotels --- Except for visiting people and staying at the house of the person we were visiting.
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18---At least a few things were made by my mother.
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them---It was a hand-me-down from my Grandfather.
There was original art in your house when you were a child ---I have no idea. Some stuff was made by my mother.
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
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
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 -- From England twice
Went on a cruise with your family -- after I was thirty
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
To participate in this blog game, copy and paste the list below into your blog, and bold the items that are true for you. If you don't have a blog, feel free to post your responses in the comments.
Father went to college
Father finished college
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor
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---Was read the Bible by a parent for sure. My mother denies that she read anything else to us.
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
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---Actually, my brother did for driving.
Family vacations involved staying at hotels --- Except for visiting people and staying at the house of the person we were visiting.
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18---At least a few things were made by my mother.
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them---It was a hand-me-down from my Grandfather.
There was original art in your house when you were a child ---I have no idea. Some stuff was made by my mother.
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
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
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 -- From England twice
Went on a cruise with your family -- after I was thirty
Went on more than one cruise with your family
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
