Stolen from the Buzzmeister

Based on an exercise 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, PLEASE acknowledge their copyright. BOLD WHICH APPLY TO YOU:

Father went to college

Father finished college

Mother went to college

Mother finished college

Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor

Were the same or higher socio-economic class than your high school teachers

Had more than 50 books in your childhood home

Had more than 500 books in your childhood home

Were read children's books by a parent

Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18

Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18

The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively (There's people in the media who dress and talk 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 [My parents paid for none of my college costs. They did, however, allow me to live at home rent-free as long as I was in school (though I moved out of my own accord before college was over).]

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 [No, but my older brother was a private tutor when he was in college, and he tutored me through algebra in high school.]

Family vacations involved staying at hotels [only if we had to stop overnight on our way to where we were going, and then it was a Motel 6 or something similar. Our destination was never a hotel – it was always an aunt and uncle’s or grandparent’s house.]

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 child [I’m not sure about this one. My father brought back a lot of artsy stuff from when we lived in Hong Kong and the places we visited on the way back to the US, but I doubt we had, say, an original painting or sculpture]

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 child [most of the time, because I was the only girl. My brothers had to share, and I briefly had to share with my younger brother.]

You had a phone in your room before you turned 18

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 [as a very young child, I am pretty sure I did]

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

You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family [I was unaware of how much it was, but was aware that it was significant and a strain on the family budget]