{"id":6210,"date":"2010-11-06T11:28:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T15:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2021-05-27T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:21:21","slug":"the-people-in-the-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2010\/11\/06\/the-people-in-the-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"The people in the bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margaret Wente<\/a> has a little test for you to determine if you’re in the “elite”:<\/p>\n

\n

Before we venture further into this battle zone, you can calculate your elite status by taking this patented Elite-O-Meter test. See how you rate!<\/p>\n

Your degree is from:<\/strong><\/p>\n

An American Ivy League university or Stanford (Score: +40)
\nQueen\u2019s, McGill, the University of Toronto, Western or UBC (+20)
\nThe University of Ottawa or other (-20)<\/p>\n

Your children\u2019s degrees are from:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

An American Ivy League university, etc. (+30)
\nQueen\u2019s, etc. (+10)
\nThe University of Ottawa or other (-20)<\/p>\n

What do these initials stand for?<\/strong><\/p>\n

NPR (+10 if you know)
\nMMA (-20 if you know)<\/p>\n

(For Torontonians)<\/strong><\/p>\n

None of your friends voted for Rob Ford (+20)
\nOne of your friends voted for Rob Ford (0)
\nYou voted for Rob Ford (-20)<\/p>\n

For a good time, you prefer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luminato (+20)
\nA tailgate party in Buffalo (-20)<\/p>\n

Who is Carol Off?<\/strong> (+20)<\/p>\n

Who is Jimmie Johnson (not the football coach)?<\/strong> (-40)<\/p>\n

To get some exercise, you prefer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yoga and Pilates (+10)
\nHunting and fishing (-20)<\/p>\n

Have you ever had a housekeeper or nanny?<\/strong> (+10)<\/p>\n

Have you ever been a housekeeper or nanny?<\/strong> (-20)<\/p>\n

Have you ever had a job that made your feet tired by the end of the day? (Teaching, or jobs during high school and university, don\u2019t count.)<\/strong> (-40)<\/p>\n

As an adult, have you ever lived in a small town for at least a year? (University towns don\u2019t count.)<\/strong> (-20)<\/p>\n

Have you ever read a book by Michael Ignatieff?<\/strong> (+50)<\/p>\n

Have you ever read a book by Tim LaHaye?<\/strong> (-20)<\/p>\n

Your idea of good TV is<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sopranos<\/em> or Mad Men<\/em> (+20)
\nOprah<\/em> or The Price is Right <\/em>(-20)<\/p>\n

Needless to say, the higher you scored, the more Elite you are. If you are on the plus side of the Elite-O-Meter, there\u2019s a good chance you belong to Richard Florida\u2019s Creative Class. You are probably (or soon will be) in the top 10 per cent of income earners, and you are probably married to someone a great deal like yourself. Congratulations! You are the product of the modern meritocracy. Although your family may have come from humble origins, you have joined the ruling class — the one that runs our major institutions, including governments, the law and the media. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For the record, I scored -70. That confirms what I suspected: I’m not “elite” by downtown Toronto standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Margaret Wente has a little test for you to determine if you’re in the “elite”: Before we venture further into this battle zone, you can calculate your elite status by taking this patented Elite-O-Meter test. See how you rate! Your degree is from: An American Ivy League university or Stanford (Score: +40) Queen\u2019s, McGill, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25],"tags":[1420,636,907,42,207],"class_list":["post-6210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancon","category-economics","tag-classism","tag-robford","tag-snobbery","tag-sociology","tag-toronto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-1Ca","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6210"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66015,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210\/revisions\/66015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}