SES meme

Yeah, another meme. I’m a sheep. You’re supposed to bold the lines that apply to you, so here it is. Note my ongoing obsession with playing with my new Footnotes plugin :D
Father went to college
Father finished college
1
Mother went to college
Mother finished college
2
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor3
Were the same or higher [socioeconomic] class than your high school teachers4
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home5
Were read children’s books by a parent6
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 187
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively8
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
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
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18
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 child9
Had a phone in your room before you turned 18
You and your family lived in a single family house
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home
You had your own room as a child10
Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course
Had your own TV in your room in High School
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 up11
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family12

  1. BS in geology–Long story, later got an MA in education or something []
  2. BA in education, then MA later on []
  3. Hm. That’s odd. I don’t think so []
  4. Definitely not higher. One of my HS teachers and I had the same summer job for a while []
  5. maybe, but we moved so many times it was hard to keep large numbers of possessions accounted for []
  6. does LotR count as ‘children’s books’? []
  7. never for very long – gymnastics, saxophone, piano, tennis []
  8. I’m LDS, so the visibility of my minority is not very high, but there are differences in how we talk and dress, and no, we’re not usually portrayed very positively []
  9. somehow I don’t think this applies to art made by us []
  10. just barely; got it when I was 16 []
  11. this sounds like something they would do []
  12. oh, we were aware, all right… I need to go put on a sweater just thinking about it []

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