Privilege Meme

[eiblyn]

I'm not sure how accurate this really is because so many of these things are effected by my dad having been in the army. And there were some very huge sacrifices made by him and my whole family for many of these privileges. I spent a huge amount of my developmental years in Europe (roughly seven) and that is directly due to him. But he wasn't there for my birthday and many other holidays over the years. We also had to live in the shadow of the possibility of war and the possibility of my father dying.

1. Father went to college My father has been working on an associates degree since I was in elementary school...
   
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.
My mom is the place where I get my book collecting tendencies.

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.
Piano, gymnastics, weaving and spinning. The government supplements these kinds of activities for military dependents so the lessons were drastically cheaper for us that they were people in the civilian world. For instance, $25 paid for ten weaving lessons.

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. Sort of. I went to a high school that was run by the federal government for military dependents. The quality of my education was drastically better than those of other children in my area.
    
17. Went to summer camp. Only because my mom worked there as a cook.
    
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. We all wore a lot of used clothes.
    
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. Of course, it was my own art, but whatever.
    
23. You and your family lived in a single family house. We lived in a trailer before dad joined the army and in duplexes or fourplexes after that depending his rank. We were only in an apartment once.
    
24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home. My parents owned the trailer we lived in when I was very young.
    
25. You had your own room as a child. When I was a kid, the number of bedrooms you could get in government housing depended on your rank. So I had my own room, but it meant that my parents turned the "den" into their bedroom when I was in the 2nd-5th grade.
    
26. You had a phone in your room before you turned 18.
    
27. Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course.This was free through the school I went to.
    
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.The army paid for all but one set of the tickets that I flew on as a child. It was back and forth to Germany where we lived.
    
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. I liked this kind of stuff so I was forever begging to go and they obliged since we were in Europe.
    
34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family. When we paid heating bills, I wasn't really old enough. The army paid all of our utilities except for a stint when we were in New Mexico and they supplemented our income to compensate. I don't really remember it being discussed as much more than "Close the door...we aren't heating the neighborhood."