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velvetechos) wrote2004-07-02 08:30 pm
velvetechos) wrote2004-07-02 08:30 pm
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Alright, this is to help me out with an upcoming school project, so the more of you willing to answer these questions, as detailed as possible, would be wonderful.
To be fair, Ki'll post her answers in the responses, if you wish to read them. You can also e-mail me your responses, if you wish for them to not be seen, but this is for an upcoming school project, so Ki'd appreciate answers if you can be bothered to give them.
Were you read to/encouraged to read as child:
Were you allowed to watch TV on school days? Was your television intake monitored (as in how long, what you were watching etc):
Did you learn most of your morals through stories, events, parents, school, or television:
Were any of stories you were told passed through word of mouth, or were they all taken from books:
Were your parents always honest, or were tall tales to make the lesson stick alright:
Did you have any family traditions:
Were family history/family pride/family time important:
Did you have cultural influences (ie: ethnic foods/music/dress/etc):
Was your family religious:
How old were you when you first went to the cinema, and what did you see:
Did you spend a lot of time playing video games:
What extra-curricular activities did you partake in:
What do you think of Disney's butchering of classic fairy tales:
To be fair, Ki'll post her answers in the responses, if you wish to read them. You can also e-mail me your responses, if you wish for them to not be seen, but this is for an upcoming school project, so Ki'd appreciate answers if you can be bothered to give them.
Were you read to/encouraged to read as child:
Were you allowed to watch TV on school days? Was your television intake monitored (as in how long, what you were watching etc):
Did you learn most of your morals through stories, events, parents, school, or television:
Were any of stories you were told passed through word of mouth, or were they all taken from books:
Were your parents always honest, or were tall tales to make the lesson stick alright:
Did you have any family traditions:
Were family history/family pride/family time important:
Did you have cultural influences (ie: ethnic foods/music/dress/etc):
Was your family religious:
How old were you when you first went to the cinema, and what did you see:
Did you spend a lot of time playing video games:
What extra-curricular activities did you partake in:
What do you think of Disney's butchering of classic fairy tales:
Ah, quiz. Since it's for a good cause.
Were you allowed to watch TV on school days? Was your television intake monitored (as in how long, what you were watching etc): I was allowed, but most TV bored me to insensibility so I didn't bother.
Did you learn most of your morals through stories, events, parents, school, or television: I learned most of my morals through spankings and even once with a rolling pin (thanks Nan).
Were any of stories you were told passed through word of mouth, or were they all taken from books: Books, definitely. Not a whole lot of storytellers in my family, though that surprises me more now than it ever did before.
Were your parents always honest, or were tall tales to make the lesson stick alright: Honesty was one of the few morals that my parents took an active stand in enforcing.
Did you have any family traditions: Not really.
Were family history/family pride/family time important: Family time, yes, though it largely consisted of watching TV as no one wanted to play Scrabble with me (I usualy won).
Did you have cultural influences (ie: ethnic foods/music/dress/etc): Er... sort of an uncomfortable question. I wouldn't have said so then, but nowadays I look for that sort of thing.
Was your family religious: Not at all, though me da is a Druid. Does that count?
How old were you when you first went to the cinema, and what did you see: Pretty sure it was Star Wars, and I would have been... uh, when did it come out again? '78? I forget. I would have been as old as whatever number came after the 7.
Did you spend a lot of time playing video games: Gosh no. We was too po' to be able to afford a 'console'. Though we did eventually get an Intellivision.
What extra-curricular activities did you partake in: None! Oh, what a bane to my parents that was!
What do you think of Disney's butchering of classic fairy tales: I think 'butchering' might be a little harsh. Richard Burton heavily expurgated the 'Arabian Nights', but if it hadn't been for him, we probably wouldn't know anything about it at all. So, for the time Disney began doing 'family-friendly' fairy tales, I think it was all right. Nowadays, though, I think people expect more than the pat 'happily-ever-after' endings. Yes, they were frightfully misogynistic, but the people who made them were children of the 50's and I don't think the films should be faulted for that; judging them from our modern, enlightened viewpoint might be a little unfair. Just my 2ยข.