<p>Wow, that ^ post was very elitist. FYI, I will not brag even when I get a doctorate. Your reaction to the mention of HYP is typical.</p>
<p>By golly, you got it. You don’t need to be on the east coast or go to school there to be an intellectual elitist.</p>
<p>This thread is actually going AGAINST elitism. As in, I’m against those who brag about HYP just because it’s HYP and intrinsically feel better about themselves JUST BECAUSE they went there. Get it? We’re actually in agreement here.</p>
<p>But you support my point that publicizing one’s brand-name school through that school’s apparel does elicit weird reactions-- most will think you’re bragging, and most will think you BELIEVE you are elite because you went there (which in truth does qualify one as elite, I’m not going to contest that).</p>
<p>nyc…you are showing your youthful naiveness. You would do well to stop trying to tackle such topics with your limited knowledge/experience. We’re bored parents here who are indulging in useless posting to a child.</p>
<p>I thought age was a taboo topic? I don’t accuse people here of being out of touch because they’re from an older generation…I’m simply giving a different perspective.</p>
<p>Do you object to people wearing t-shirts from lower-ranked schools? :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>No, you’re the clueless one. Wearing a t-shirt is just that, wearing a t-shirt. It doesn’t matter if it’s Eastern Directional State U or Harvard. All it is is a t-shirt. If an onlooker feels the person is “bragging” – that’s stupid. If I drive a Mercedes down the street, am I “bragging” that I have a Mercedes? What if I have a big diamond engagement ring – is wearing it “bragging”? Only in the eyes of insecure people.</p>
<p>My kids picked up t-shirts from a lot of colleges they enjoyed visiting, as well as t-shirts given them by their cousins that show the name of the colleges that their cousins attended. They’ll wear them wherever and whenever the heck they want to. The “goodness” of the college doesn’t make one bit of difference. Time to grow up!</p>
<p>So, this bragging via t-shirt - does it apply to other t-shirts as well? When I wear my old girl scout leader t-shirts, am I bragging about that, too? How about my 20-year-old Shedd aquarium t-shirt - what am I trying to say there?</p>
<p>usually it means - “Hey! I have to do laundry!”</p>
<p>If I wear a concert t-shirt, am I “bragging” that I’ve attended the concert?</p>
<p>How about if I wear a company t-shirt, am I “bragging” that I work for this company?</p>
<p>For H’s birthday, my kids bought him a “Wellesley Dad” and “Northwestern Dad” t-shirt to celebrate their acceptances. I guess that’s bragging, too. @@</p>
<p>Get a grip. How insecure. It’s a t-shirt. Move on.</p>
<p>I was picking one of my kids up from an SAT testing site and noticed a guy wearing a Harvard T-shirt walking out. He wasn’t bragging, obviously (though maybe tempting fate in a big way - I admired his chutzpah :)).</p>
<p>I could tell how much my kids liked the schools they visited by how much they’d spend at the bookstore after the tour. If they bought a lanyard, not so much. T-shirts, more. The really favored schools were on sweatshirts or sweatpants. That stuff is expensive!</p>
<p>Good heavens. Could you provide the list of colleges for which the students and graduates are not permitted to wear their own insignia-wear off-campus for fear of being perceived as “bragging”? </p>
<p>If YOU think that mentioning that you went to Princeton will automatically make someone else feel inferior, that reflects on YOUR sense of superiority. </p>
<p>One almost-universal experience of graduates of Harvard of my acquaintance is the aggravating response one gets when people find out. “Ohhhhhh…HAHVAHD!..I didn’t know you went to HAHVAHD!” Even our kids get it from their peers if it comes up. (Your parents went to Harvard? Really? Ohhhh…HAHVAHD!) </p>
<p>I actually think the experience of attending very selective schools is typically very humbling for most students. They are not elitist or superior. To the contrary.</p>
<p>If you happen to marry a man who went to UNC-chapel hill, home of the proud blue wardrobe, you might even end up with a UNC “tiffany” lamp over your pool table. If you are smart you might even ignore this while you pick up a college basketball addiction.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what you are talking about homie, but it’s clear you were “in a mood” last night. ;)</p>
<p>My husband’s wardrobe includes a whole lot of free t-shirts. One time he *found<a href=“as%20in,%20on%20the%20sidewalk”>/I</a> a t-shirt from an elite school and he wears it all the time…if he’s bragging it all, it’s “hey, I’m wearing free clothes.”</p>
<p>As for the concert t-shirts, at least among the middle and high school set, if they wear the concert t-shirt the next day, they are *absolutely *bragging that they went to the concert!</p>
<p>Could be worse, poet. You could have relatives who went to Clemson. Nothing more obnoxious than orange!</p>
<p>Oh poetgrl, that is a problem. I’ve had to make more than one “lovely” college decor item mysteriously disappear over the last 25 years.</p>
<p>Now, of course, if they had been from Princeton, I probably would have left them… I mean really, we ugly people need to get our self esteem from somewhere. And here I find out I can’t even wear an Ivy sweatshirt and pretend I went there because people will think I’m being pretentious? Come on people, cut me some slack! You’ve got the ivy degree, let me have the sweatshirt! I’m just trying to overcome my ugliness.</p>
<p>I think the very least that should be done is that any t-shirt / sweatshirt should require a) the US News rank be posted on it and b) where you obtained the shirt from / your relationship with the school. That way, everyone can evaluate whether you’re bragging or not, or whether you’re a poseur or not. In fact, maybe the clothing should be forbidden to be sold to anyone who is not either a current student or alum of the school. That will prevent such awful things as my kids wearing Brandeis or Grinnell or Princeton or Bryn Mawr t-shirts when they don’t attend these schools. </p>
<p>In fact, the same should happen with sports teams! Only those people living in the greater Chicagoland area should be allowed to wear Bears jerseys. If you’re outside, you need to provide proof that you were born in area code 312. We can’t have poseurs!</p>
<p>At what age would a child no longer be permitted to wear insignia of his/her parent’s alma mater? Junior year of high school? Earlier?</p>
<p>Sometimes when I want to look ugly, I wear my tee shirt that says “Don’t **** with me today, I have PMS and a handgun.”</p>
<p>My D, a HS senior, wears the t-shirts from every school she visited. Does she need to send back the ones from the schools to which she did not apply?</p>
<p>GAMOM— Stop Bragging! :D</p>