discopete1 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} discopete1) wrote,@ 2008-01-03 23:01:00 |
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The face of privelege
-father went to college before you started
-father finished college before you started
-mother went to college before you started
-mother finished college before you started
-have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor. no physicians...they work with their hands
-my family was the same or higher class than your high school teachers
-I had a computer at home when you were growing up
-I had my own computer at home when you were growing up just made it, got one last year of high school
-more than 50 books at home when you were growing up
-more than 500 books at home when you were growing up
-read children's books by a parent when you were growing up
-had lessons of any kind as a child or a teen
-had more than two kinds of lessons as a child or a teen
-the people in the media who dress and talk like you were portrayed positively I could argue differently; prep school boys are often negatively portrayed, and engineers are supposed to be sexless wonders, and Bob and Doug MacKenzie were huge when I was a kid
-had a credit card with your name on it before college
-had or will have less than $5000 in student loans when you graduate
-had or will have no student loans when you graduate
-went to a private high school
-went to summer camp
-had a private tutor
-been to Europe more than once as a child or teen
-family vacations involved staying at hotels rather than KOA or at relatives homes
-all of your clothing has been new was third child...but I still dressed well
-parents gave you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
-there was original art in your house as a child or teen
-had a phone in your room
-parents owned their own house or apartment when you were a child or teen
-had your own room as a child or teen
-participated in an SAT/ACT prep course even though I went to school in canada and didn't need to!
had your own cell phone in High School untimely
-had your own TV as a child or teen
-opened a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
-have ever flown anywhere on a commercial airline
-went on a cruise with your family not a cruise, but a couple of resorts, Catalina Island, Santa Barbara...you get the picture
-parents took you to museums and art galleries as a child or teen
-were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
I liked this exercise. T and I had a fun discussion based on it. I think the context needs to be considered. As I mentioned to rhiannonstone, I think your response to this says more about you than your parents. It would be a fun exercise to do with a large group, although the questions would have to be tailored to suit the age group.
-father went to college before you started
-father finished college before you started
-mother went to college before you started
-mother finished college before you started
-have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor. no physicians...they work with their hands
-my family was the same or higher class than your high school teachers
-I had a computer at home when you were growing up
-I had my own computer at home when you were growing up just made it, got one last year of high school
-more than 50 books at home when you were growing up
-more than 500 books at home when you were growing up
-read children's books by a parent when you were growing up
-had lessons of any kind as a child or a teen
-had more than two kinds of lessons as a child or a teen
-the people in the media who dress and talk like you were portrayed positively I could argue differently; prep school boys are often negatively portrayed, and engineers are supposed to be sexless wonders, and Bob and Doug MacKenzie were huge when I was a kid
-had a credit card with your name on it before college
-had or will have less than $5000 in student loans when you graduate
-had or will have no student loans when you graduate
-went to a private high school
-went to summer camp
-had a private tutor
-been to Europe more than once as a child or teen
-family vacations involved staying at hotels rather than KOA or at relatives homes
-all of your clothing has been new was third child...but I still dressed well
-parents gave you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
-there was original art in your house as a child or teen
-had a phone in your room
-parents owned their own house or apartment when you were a child or teen
-had your own room as a child or teen
-participated in an SAT/ACT prep course even though I went to school in canada and didn't need to!
had your own cell phone in High School untimely
-had your own TV as a child or teen
-opened a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College
-have ever flown anywhere on a commercial airline
-went on a cruise with your family not a cruise, but a couple of resorts, Catalina Island, Santa Barbara...you get the picture
-parents took you to museums and art galleries as a child or teen
-were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family
I liked this exercise. T and I had a fun discussion based on it. I think the context needs to be considered. As I mentioned to rhiannonstone, I think your response to this says more about you than your parents. It would be a fun exercise to do with a large group, although the questions would have to be tailored to suit the age group.
