Class privilege memes

About a year ago, my partner and I were talking about class, and she came up with this, which I really like. I've italicized my own responses:

- Do you have all your teeth? no
- Do you use a hairdresser? yes
- Do you do all your own housework? yes, except i do very little
- Who paid for your education? parents, mostly
- Did you have music lessons, dance lessons, art lessons as a child? yes, briefly
- Do you have life insurance? yes, provided by my job
- Do you have long-term care insurance? no
- Do you have investments? no

I saw this meme over at reSISTERance a week or so ago, who rightly pointed out its unfortunate american-centeredness. For some reason, number 33 was missing, so I went looking, and found what may be the orignal here, at Random Acts of Observation.

Class Privilege Meme

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: From What Privileges Do You Have?, based on an exercise about class and privilege developed by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University. (If you participate in this blog game, they ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright.)

Bold/italicize whatever applies to you:

1. Father went to college.

2. Father finished college.

3. Mother went to college.

4. Mother finished college.

5. Have any relative who is 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 dress and talk like you are 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. I went for 2 weeks at age 11, it was the highlight of my childhood, begged to go back, but too expensive.

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 parent(s) 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 an 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.