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Father went to college?
Yes.
Father finished college?
Yes.
Mother went to college?
No.
Mother finished college?
No.
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor?
Yes (Father Dentist, Brother Doctor).
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?
Easilly.
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?
Yes.
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18?
No - not legal in my country.
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs?
Yes.
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs?
No - there was some state subsidy, and some personal debt, most was parental.
Went to a private high school?
No.
Went to summer camp?
Yes.
Had a private tutor before you turned 18?
No.
Family vacations involved staying at hotels?
No.
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18?
Not all - but most.
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them?
I was bought a £100 junker to learn on - it was made when I was 5 years old.
There was original art in your house when you were a child?
Yes.
You and your family lived in a single-family house?
Yes.
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home?
Yes.
You had your own room as a child?
Yes.
You had a phone in your room before you turned 18?
No - totally uneard of in the UK in the 80s.
Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course?
Doesn't apply - didn't have SATs.
Had your own TV in your room in high school?
Yes.
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college?
No.
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16?
Yes.
Went on a cruise with your family?
No - but did you ski-ing.
Went on more than one cruise with your family?
As above.
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up?
Yes.
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family?
Yes.
By this rating, I'm solidlly privileged. I worked hard for what I got out of life, but I openly aknowledge the huge step up I got from my family, and I intend to provide the same step up to my family in turn. I am not ashamed of being middle class and well educated.
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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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