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Good news? The storm has more or less ended and with it - my vertigo or so it appears. (I'm not tried to lie down flat as of yet, so hopefully it won't flare up when I go to bed.) So I will probably manage to navigate the mounds of snow to make it into work tomorrow. I don't really have an excuse - since I've got snow boots, and I take the subway, and it's located in the Financial District. Now, if I still worked in Jamaica and had to take the Long Island Rail Road into work that would be a different story - at last report, it was still suspended.
I'll probably make it in and not have a lot to do - because half my work place will be snowbound out on Long Island, including my boss. Although per Outlook - I think they all worked remotely. I couldn't. Vertigo was too bad. It's better now. I'm hoping it continues to improve. God, I hate vertigo.
Below is a "privileged education meme" that vaguely reminds me of a game I once played at church. If you were given certain opportunities - you advanced, if not you took two steps backwards. Myself and my friend at the time MD (who is a Black woman) were both ahead, as were a few young Black women and young men, while the old white British guy, his white Jewish wife, and the old white guys born in the 1940s were at the back. It seemed to divide itself more along class and generational lines then race?
Adults responsible for your care actively helped facilitate your early learning. (Reading at bedtime, playing educational games, going to child-friendly museums...)
Yes. Both parents read to me. My mother played educational games or tried to. And my father was a frustrated history professor with advanced post graduate work in history - so he taught me history when the school didn't and to question things. We also went to museums, etc, in the US and abroad.
And my mother started and facilitated a Junior Great Books reading circle during recess in the 6th grade.
You had a library card.
Yep.
Adults in your life involved you in tasks that involved mathematics skills.
Yes, and no. A substitute teacher did real-world math once - only time math made sense to me in school. Otherwise it was memorization. I think we played Monopoly a few times, and a few other activities.
If you started falling behind in school, you received help from a private tutor.
Yes - I got help with Math for a bit in the 5th grade, and French for a bit in the 10th grade. Nothing major though.
You went to a well-funded school.
The public school district for 5th-12th grades was well funded for the most part. It was one of the better funded public school districts in the US. (Albeit no where near as well funded as the preparatory and private schools and districts.)
College was private and better funded. Law School was a State University - but also better funded.
Depended on area of the US - in PA, where I went to grades Kindgergarten through 5th - no not well funded. That was among the poorer districts in the country. They were far behind educationally speaking the school I switched to in the fifth grade - in Kansas. Yes the suburban Kansas public schools were higher rated than the suburban PA schools - but this was in the mid-20th Century, it may have since changed.
You typically attended school adequately clothed and fed.
Yes. (we didn't have school uniforms - public schools in the US typically don't, just private schools).
Adults responsible for your care were able to help you make decisions when it came time to pursue higher education.
Yes. They even took me on tours of the colleges. My parents were among the first of their family to be highly educated and prioritized education over most things. Education is a high priority in my family. A good education - golden.
If you were disabled and/or neurodivergent, you were classified by your school and received support through the education system.
No.
I went to school in the mid-to-late 20th Century - they sucked at that sort of thing.
Neurodivergent? The word to my knowledge didn't exist for most of the 20th Century and I certainly never heard of it until recently - in 2020s.
The word in the 20th Century was: retarded, mentally deficient, mentally challenged, learning disabled, or learning disability, or ephasia. There was a stigma attached to it in the 20th Century. You were considered deficient, backwards, a hick, or stupid.
They didn't know what to do with most people who were on the neurodivergent spectrum - and only really figured it out for the severe cases or the ones who were obvious.
And no, there wasn't much in the way of accessibility or support. I got none until I was in Law School - and paid a lot of money to prove I required it - in order to get special compensation to take the Bar Exam and Professional Responsibility Computerized Tests - which back then were issued on paper, not an accessible computer screen (like they are now).
You generally felt physically and emotionally safe at school.
No. I was bullied throughout school. Although I didn't fear physical harm per se.
You were in relatively good physical and mental health.
Yes, more or less.
For the most part, you were able to study and complete assignments without any struggle.
Unless it was math or science related. (I was tempted to borrow dirtygreatknife's answer because it kind of fit me as well.) I was in remedial Math through most of school. I would bring math home with me - and both parents would be at a loss as to how to help me. Science - if it contained formulas - I'd have issues and not be able to make heads or tails of it at times - part of it was the teaching. There was a lot of memorization of formulas on black boards, but not a whole lot of explanation.
Test-taking came easily to you.
No. I test horribly. If it was essay or short answer or true/false - I was fine. If it was computerized multiple choice or involved transferring answers from a book to an answer sheet, or renumbering the answer sheet?
No. Definitely not.
Also sigh, if it was Math or Chemistry or Biology.
You seldom faced difficulty understanding assignments.
See above.
You read at grade level or above.
After I figured out how to read in the second or third grade - I began to read at least a level above my grade. By 6th grade, I was reading Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit.
Now, I read well above.
Adults responsible for your care supported your academic journey for the better and for the worse.
Yes, for the most part. My parents prioritized education and graduate education, since they both had graduate degrees and had met in graduate school - and come from poor working or lower middle class families, and were among the first in their families to be educated.
As did most of my relatives. And I had good teachers here and there that encouraged me along the way. Yes, there were quite a few bad ones, but for all the bad ones - there were many many good ones that are worth mentioning.
I wouldn't be where I am now - if it weren't for their encouragement.
Off to find something for dinner.
I'll probably make it in and not have a lot to do - because half my work place will be snowbound out on Long Island, including my boss. Although per Outlook - I think they all worked remotely. I couldn't. Vertigo was too bad. It's better now. I'm hoping it continues to improve. God, I hate vertigo.
Below is a "privileged education meme" that vaguely reminds me of a game I once played at church. If you were given certain opportunities - you advanced, if not you took two steps backwards. Myself and my friend at the time MD (who is a Black woman) were both ahead, as were a few young Black women and young men, while the old white British guy, his white Jewish wife, and the old white guys born in the 1940s were at the back. It seemed to divide itself more along class and generational lines then race?
Adults responsible for your care actively helped facilitate your early learning. (Reading at bedtime, playing educational games, going to child-friendly museums...)
Yes. Both parents read to me. My mother played educational games or tried to. And my father was a frustrated history professor with advanced post graduate work in history - so he taught me history when the school didn't and to question things. We also went to museums, etc, in the US and abroad.
And my mother started and facilitated a Junior Great Books reading circle during recess in the 6th grade.
You had a library card.
Yep.
Adults in your life involved you in tasks that involved mathematics skills.
Yes, and no. A substitute teacher did real-world math once - only time math made sense to me in school. Otherwise it was memorization. I think we played Monopoly a few times, and a few other activities.
If you started falling behind in school, you received help from a private tutor.
Yes - I got help with Math for a bit in the 5th grade, and French for a bit in the 10th grade. Nothing major though.
You went to a well-funded school.
The public school district for 5th-12th grades was well funded for the most part. It was one of the better funded public school districts in the US. (Albeit no where near as well funded as the preparatory and private schools and districts.)
College was private and better funded. Law School was a State University - but also better funded.
Depended on area of the US - in PA, where I went to grades Kindgergarten through 5th - no not well funded. That was among the poorer districts in the country. They were far behind educationally speaking the school I switched to in the fifth grade - in Kansas. Yes the suburban Kansas public schools were higher rated than the suburban PA schools - but this was in the mid-20th Century, it may have since changed.
You typically attended school adequately clothed and fed.
Yes. (we didn't have school uniforms - public schools in the US typically don't, just private schools).
Adults responsible for your care were able to help you make decisions when it came time to pursue higher education.
Yes. They even took me on tours of the colleges. My parents were among the first of their family to be highly educated and prioritized education over most things. Education is a high priority in my family. A good education - golden.
If you were disabled and/or neurodivergent, you were classified by your school and received support through the education system.
No.
I went to school in the mid-to-late 20th Century - they sucked at that sort of thing.
Neurodivergent? The word to my knowledge didn't exist for most of the 20th Century and I certainly never heard of it until recently - in 2020s.
The word in the 20th Century was: retarded, mentally deficient, mentally challenged, learning disabled, or learning disability, or ephasia. There was a stigma attached to it in the 20th Century. You were considered deficient, backwards, a hick, or stupid.
They didn't know what to do with most people who were on the neurodivergent spectrum - and only really figured it out for the severe cases or the ones who were obvious.
And no, there wasn't much in the way of accessibility or support. I got none until I was in Law School - and paid a lot of money to prove I required it - in order to get special compensation to take the Bar Exam and Professional Responsibility Computerized Tests - which back then were issued on paper, not an accessible computer screen (like they are now).
You generally felt physically and emotionally safe at school.
No. I was bullied throughout school. Although I didn't fear physical harm per se.
You were in relatively good physical and mental health.
Yes, more or less.
For the most part, you were able to study and complete assignments without any struggle.
Unless it was math or science related. (I was tempted to borrow dirtygreatknife's answer because it kind of fit me as well.) I was in remedial Math through most of school. I would bring math home with me - and both parents would be at a loss as to how to help me. Science - if it contained formulas - I'd have issues and not be able to make heads or tails of it at times - part of it was the teaching. There was a lot of memorization of formulas on black boards, but not a whole lot of explanation.
Test-taking came easily to you.
No. I test horribly. If it was essay or short answer or true/false - I was fine. If it was computerized multiple choice or involved transferring answers from a book to an answer sheet, or renumbering the answer sheet?
No. Definitely not.
Also sigh, if it was Math or Chemistry or Biology.
You seldom faced difficulty understanding assignments.
See above.
You read at grade level or above.
After I figured out how to read in the second or third grade - I began to read at least a level above my grade. By 6th grade, I was reading Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit.
Now, I read well above.
Adults responsible for your care supported your academic journey for the better and for the worse.
Yes, for the most part. My parents prioritized education and graduate education, since they both had graduate degrees and had met in graduate school - and come from poor working or lower middle class families, and were among the first in their families to be educated.
As did most of my relatives. And I had good teachers here and there that encouraged me along the way. Yes, there were quite a few bad ones, but for all the bad ones - there were many many good ones that are worth mentioning.
I wouldn't be where I am now - if it weren't for their encouragement.
Off to find something for dinner.