Priveleges and class

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I found this on Cheerful Megalomanic’s blog

Bold the true statements, add details if you wish.

1. Father went to college.
2. Father finished college.
3. Mother went to college.
4. Mother finished college.

My mom went to university for God knows how many years, my dad didnt even finish junior high.

5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.

I think this depends on how you define “class”, to me, teachers belongs to either the “academic” or “independent” class. Maybe even “lower middleclass”. I’m a “lower middleclass academic”. So I was never in a higher class than my teachers. My uncle is a professor in international economics.

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 me are portrayed positively.

Well, white people are almost always portrayed nicely. Middleclass people too. Left wing revolutionaries on the other hand. Hm.

13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18.

I was 17

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.

Yeh, three years in a row. In Oslo, they have summer camps for less fortunate and workers class children.

18. Had a private tutor before you turned 18.

19. Family vacations involved staying at hotels.

Not really, but we did stay in a hotel when I was 3 and we went to Greece

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.

Yeah, I didnt have any older siblings, I started buying my own clothes when I was 15 tho.

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.

Had my own room in my moms house untill I moved out at 16. Had to share a room with my sister in my dads house. My dad owns and my mom is currently renting.

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.

Yeah, Greece, The Netherlands and France before turning 16. I also grew up in the botanic museum in Oslo.

34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family.

This is interesting. Ive been having problems “finding” my class. If I could choose, I would divide class into “intellectual class” and “economic class” (I bet you can find more class categories). My intellectual class is definitely middle class or upper middle class, my economic middle class is worker class. If I asked a Marxist, they would say that I’m worker class (I dont have any funds, no private property and I earn $18866 a year). I would also follow the British classystem, cause I havent really seen a good scandinavian class analysis yet.