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Old 01-18-2008, 03:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
telekinetic
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Location: Fauxenix, Azerona
Father went to college?
Yes.

Father finished college?
No

Mother went to college?
Yes.

Mother finished college?
Yes.

Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor?
Yes.

Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers?
Yes.

Had more than 50 books in your childhood home?
Yes.

Had more than 500 books in your childhood home?
Probably pretty close

Were read children's books by a parent?
Yes.

Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18?
Yes.

Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18?
Yes.

The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively?
Yep...this question seems kind of loaded towards specific demographics, though.

Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18?
When I was 11, I had a discover card on my parents account.

Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs?
A trust fund paid for one semester, the rest were scholarships and loans

Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs?
Not even close

Went to a private high school?
Very private...home schooled.

Went to summer camp?
Yes.

Had a private tutor before you turned 18?
Yep.

Family vacations involved staying at hotels?
Lots of camping, but motels, too.

Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18?
Some hand-me-downs that I liked a lot, but primarily new (cheap, but new)

Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them?
Nope. Bought my own car.

There was original art in your house when you were a child?
Only by the household artists.

You and your family lived in a single-family house?
Yes.

Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home?
They hadn't paid it off, but had a mortgage--they weren't renting.

You had your own room as a child?
Yes.

You had a phone in your room before you turned 18?
Yep, with two lines. Yay phone company dad!

Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course?
Nope, could have though, just didn't need to. 1540 with no studying.

Had your own TV in your room in high school?
I didn't have my own TV until after I got married.

Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college?
Nope.

Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16?
Grandparents were on east coast, I was in southwest...200,000 frequent flier miles by the time I was 10.

Went on a cruise with your family?
No cruises...lots of road trips to the beach.

Went on more than one cruise with your family?
Nope.

Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up?
Yes, many

You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family?
I had a rough idea, although, being Arizona, it was the summer that we monitored, not the winter.
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