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[quidditchgrrl]

That depressing meme about class/status: 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.

If you post this in your blog, please leave a comment on this post. To participate in this blog game, copy and paste the above list 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
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 - swimming at the YMCA & French Horn lessons
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 - nerd camps FTW!
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels
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
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left
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
Went to the symphony and the opera, too.
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family



Good news, foodies:  Alton Brown signs 3-year contract with Food Network.  I loves me some Alton.

Also, Iowa?  Huckabee?  Really?  Okay then, bring on Obama FTW!

Comments

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

No, it's not just you. I look at my life and I see lots of things that are the same and it gets depressing from time to time. But, I think of all the stuff that I've done that my mother never dreamed of doing and I feel a lot better. None of it has much to do with education though. It has more to do with the era and nerve. I was born two generations later than she and with an entirely different set of genes.

I think that people grow up with the expectation that the more education they have the happier they will be and it doesn't follow. In fact, I think sometimes it's the exact opposite.

Then again, maybe it's just hormones. :P

Edit: I forgot to mention - I found the purpose of the meme and the original site. Yeah, the strangest things bother the hell out of me.