tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post8948631753233608976..comments2024-03-18T02:22:56.392-04:00Comments on Disgusted Beyond Belief: Silly ChecklistDBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925765946042638459.post-18959215900762675992008-04-23T18:34:00.000-04:002008-04-23T18:34:00.000-04:00What is amusing is that some folks who had a fairl...What is amusing is that some folks who had a fairly privileged upbringing deny it when they take this test and take a number of steps forward. <BR/><BR/>Here's how I score:<BR/><BR/>If you had more than 500 books at home: Yes. I was quick to scavenge books from wherever I could find them. When one building of a local school burned and they threw all the water-damaged books from their library out the upstairs window onto the school grounds to be hauled off as unsalvagable trash, I was quick to jump in and haul out all the books that looked the least bit interesting. Oh sure, they were water damaged -- wavy spines, whatever -- but they were readable, and that's all I cared about. <BR/><BR/>Lessons: Yes. Took swimming lessons when I was 7 years old at the municipal pool down the street. <BR/><BR/>That's the only things on the above that I scored a step on. Doesn't surprise me. I knew we were poor at the time. Yet you still see folks who take a step forward on all of the above whine they no, they were <I>not</I> privileged when they were a kid, because they didn't have staff, they didn't have a nanny, they didn't live in a mansion... or they try to poke a hole in one question or another, "yeah, but that question doesn't mean I was privileged!", completely misunderstanding that the point of correlational studies is not a perfect correlation between any particular question and class, but, rather, a high correlation between total aggregate score on the test and class as measured by things like economic status or social power. Having lots of books didn't make my family rich. But having a low aggregate score on the test pretty well correlates to what my family's true social status was.BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com