Father went to college?
<b>Yes.</b>
Father finished college?
<b>Yes.</b>
Mother went to college?
<b>Yes, but I think teachers' college in pre-WWII Europe was not full 4 year bachelor's program college.</b>
Mother finished college?
<b>Yes; as noted above.</b>
Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor?
<b>Yes.</b>
Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers?
<b>No, at least not most.</b>
Had more than 50 books in your childhood home?
<b>Yes.</b>
Had more than 500 books in your childhood home?
<b>No.</b>
Were read children's books by a parent?
<b>Yes.</b>
Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18?
<b>Yes.</b>
Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18?
<b>Yes.</b>
The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively?
<b>Yes; though I guess sometimes professionals who are very laid back and casual in work are not always portrayed positviely.</b>
Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18?
<b>No.</b>
Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs?
<b>about 50/50 parents/me.</b>
Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs?
<b>No.</b>
Went to a private high school?
<b>Yes.</b>
Went to summer camp?
<b>No; except a couple 2 week camps with the Boy Scouts.</b>
Had a private tutor before you turned 18?
<b>No.</b>
Family vacations involved staying at hotels?
<b>No.</b>
Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18?
<b>Yes.</b>
Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them?
<b>No.</b> My parents have never owned a car and I bought my first one when I graduated from college.
There was original art in your house when you were a child?
<b>Yes. My father was a professional artist his whole life, so many of his works as well as some others.</b>
You and your family lived in a single-family house?
<b>Yes.</b>
Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home?
<b>Yes, but just barely; a couple years after I graduated college is when I left home and that is the same year they purchased their first and only house</b>
You had your own room as a child?
<b>No, always shared with my younger brother until I was 17 and he "had to" get married.</b>
You had a phone in your room before you turned 18?
<b>No.</b>
Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course?
<b>No.</b>
Had your own TV in your room in high school?
<b>No.</b>
Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college?
<b>No.</b>
Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16?
<b>No.</b>
Went on a cruise with your family?
<b>No.</b>
Went on more than one cruise with your family?
<b>No.</b>
Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up?
<b>Yes.</b>
You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family?
<b>No.</b>
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