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Interesting meme from owl_of_minerva.


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.

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Father went to college
Father finished college - Dad has a PhD in physics
Mother went to college
Mother finished college - Mom has a degree in physiotherapy
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor - Not unless mom counts, or my aunt, who is a pharmacist...
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers - I don't know if I would put it like this, but I guess we were all in the neighbourhood of middle class
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home - Entirely possible
Were read children's books by a parent - Apparently I would make my parents read to me until they went hoarse; teaching me to read was a self-preservation measure
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18 - Lessons were a big thing in my family
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18 - Over the years, let's see...pottery, art, piano, voice, flute, writing workshops and other such activities...I'm sure there's more
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively - Insofar as anybody in the media dresses like me
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 - I pitched in where I could, but it was always very clear that in case of conflict between school and work, school was my first priority
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs
Went to a private high school
Went to summer camp
Had a private tutor before you turned 18
Family vacations involved staying at hotels - Usually camping - I remember staying at a university residence in Victoria, but that's about it
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18 - My mom had a friend who cleaned out her closet about every 6 months to a year
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 - Paintings by my grandmother and by us kids
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house - We only moved once, and it was between two single family houses
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home - They bought the house in Calgary shortly before I was born
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School - My sister saved up and bought herself one, but I never bothered
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 - The Tyrrell Museum ROCKS
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family - Still am, actually...although all too well aware of my own :P