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How Privileged Were You?

I picked this up over on Pages Turned. I've changed it from the present tense to the past.

The original authors of this exercise are will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, and Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. If you participate, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.

Bold the true statements. You can explain further if you wish.

  1. Father went to college
  2. Father finished college
  3. Mother went to college
  4. Mother finished college
  5. Had any relative who was an attorney, physician, or professor
  6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers
  7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
  8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home
  9. Were read children's books by a parent
  10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
  11. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18
  12. The people in the media who dressed and talked like you were portrayed positively
  13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18
  14. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs
  15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
  16. Went to a private high school
  17. Went to summer camp
  18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18
  19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels
  20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
  21. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them
  22. There was original art in your house when you were a child
  23. You and your family lived in a single-family house
  24. Your parents owned their own house or apartment before you left home
  25. You had your own room as a child
  26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18
  27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course
  28. Had your own TV in your room in high school
  29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college
  30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16
  31. Went on a cruise with your family
  32. Went on more than one cruise with your family
  33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up
  34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family

I am not of the aristocracy.

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