Some of the privileges I enjoy are because of my own personal effort. One such privilege is the academic scholarship I was awarded during my first year of college. I worked hard in high school to earn a good GPA, and it paid off extremely well and helped keep me out of debt my first year in college. Another privilege that I have earned is the trust of my parents. Because I kept to their rules in high school, they now trust me very much and give me more freedom when I am at home. A third privilege that I enjoy is being able to buy anything I need. I work hard each summer to earn money so that I can live comfortably during my time here at school, and since my parents do not pay my college tuition or general expenses, I truly have to earn every bit of money I receive.
Being a child of a middle class family, there are some privileges that I did not have to earn. These include having a nice country home to live in, having things such as TV that are not essential for living, and having religious freedom in this country. I did nothing to personally gain any of these things. I was simply born into a situation that allowed me to live as I do.
I do not feel that these privileges will do much to affect my fieldwork because of the subculture that I have chosen. The only way I can think of would be how the people I will approach to interview will see me. If they have any stereotypes of “people like me,” a Caucasian, teenage, female, they may respond differently to my questions or simply my being there in the gym.
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