<p>Bragging through actions means any one of the following:</p>
<p>condescending staring or sneering
overspending in the presence of others
other things I can’t think of right now</p>
<p>Maybe he just likes the Harvard football team.</p>
<p>“Other things I can’t think of right now.”</p>
<p>Best line of the day!!</p>
<p>Forget the tee shirts. For what I paid to send my kid to USC I should cover my body in tattoos of the school’s logo.</p>
<p>Don’t be ridiculous - I wear Harvard shirts cause they give them out for free a lot of the time. It is just as superficial to not wear them because they say Harvard than to wear them for that reason.</p>
<p>"My D went to a top American university. Her boyfriend isn’t American and goes to school abroad. When he traveled to the US (many times), he wore HER college’s sweatshirt. Why? That way, he was much more likely to be asked if he would like to share a ride from the airport to her college ! </p>
<p>The first time it was just an accident. He hadn’t packed warm enough clothing, so she loaned him one of her very oversized sweatshirts. But when 3folks approached him to share a cab to her campus…he caught on. Always wore it after that !"</p>
<p>Hahaha, this is one of the reasons I actually really like wearing my college clothing: Because it identifies that I go there to other people who might go there. I’ve run into alumni at check-out lines at grocery stores—those are the people I’m looking for, not random strangers who didn’t go there. I intentionally wear stuff with my college logo on it when I travel(airport or train) because every single time I’ve done it it’s come in handy----every single time I’ve found someone to split the cost of a cab with me or to even just sit next to and talk to on the train because of it.</p>
<p>“BTW, Hollister Ranch, CA is a private ocean-front ranch north of Santa Barbara and a very exclusive surf spot. I’m pretty sure that is the cache the Hollister store is attempting to emulate.”</p>
<p>Hollister is also a Podunk town south of Gilroy, California, where there have the annual garlic festival.</p>
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<p>Yes it is, and no doubt its townspeople wear its namesake Tshirts with pride (bragging or not).</p>
<p>HS - I’m just wondering if you let the guy go that you caught in the grocery store. His Harvard friends are probably out looking for him. This is something you really need to work on so you can enjoy wearing your school’s logo when you go to college. Come on, you know you want to. I’m over 50 and wearing my William and Mary sweatshirt as I type.</p>
<p>geez, 120+ posts in 6 hours…lolz.</p>
<p>Hey! I used to have a Garlic Festival t-shirt! That’s almost as cool as Hollister OR Harvard, right!!! We lived not too far from there for about 3 years, and I, too, was puzzled when the Hollister shirts came out. Huh???</p>
<p>D had shirts from a 2-3 of the schools she applied to. She suggested that she’d be glad to donate the one from the school that made the incorrect decision NOT to admit her (their loss), and gave all the rest to her little sister. After one semester, I think she has about 10 (free) t-shirts that she’s gotten at school.</p>
<p>I’m also on the “yay” side of the vote. There’s a lot more important things in this world to get worked up about…logo shirts don’t qualify in my book.</p>
<p>when I first saw these Hollister shirts I was wondering why anyone would wear a shirt bragging about Hollister, California</p>
<p>I like to get custom designed shirts at Neighborhoodies.
I’ve gotten a sweatshirt made for my younger D- with a kangaroo & her camp name on it. I had a tshirt made for older D, that said Woodstock. ( which is the name of the street her college was on)
Of course the first time she wore it, some boomers in tie-dye, thought she was referring to the festival.
;)</p>
<p>we live in the Midwest; D2 is at a small LAC out east that most people from the Midwest have never even heard of. I asked D for a sweatshirt from her school for Christmas so I could complete my collection (already have one from D1’s college). </p>
<p>So I wore it yesterday for the first time when I went to get my nails done. As I sat down at the dryer table, the woman next to me asked if I had attended the college (of the sweatshirt I was wearing). I was so shocked that someone had heard of it (and pronounced it correctly), and we immediately began a nice, brief conversation which revealed D2’s college was her D’s 2nd choice. We compared notes on how much our kids love(d) the school, how impressed we were with a certain department head that makes you feel so welcome, etc. Since I basically have no one to talk to about the kinds of things that go on at my D’s school (no one else from around here goes there), because most kids attend schools where there’s at least one other kid from their high school there, if not many, I was thrilled to have had a chance to talk with another adult about it. This wouldn’t have happened had I not had my sweatshirt on!</p>
<p>While I don’t have any clothing from my alma mater (UT-Austin), I often comment to other people who I see wearing Longhorn gear, or show them the hook 'em horns sign. I NEVER assume that someone who is wearing college spirit wear (there’s a reason they refer to it as ‘spirit wear’) attended that college.</p>
<p>“” Sorry you’re offended that we’re smarter than you, but we worked hard to get where we are and we’re proud of it! "</p>
<p>this comment truly is pompous and supports why I personally cringe with the bumper sticker display.</p>
<p>My kids have their college stickers on their cars too ( not my car ), but I have never heard them make a remark like that, even if they can.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your superiority."</p>
<p>Excuse me? The point I was making is that people have an issue with students at “good” colleges wearing their college clothing because they think we’re being pompous. Am I supposed to pretend I don’t attend my school just because it’s better than others? I worked REALLY FREAKING HARD to get to where I am. I slept like, two hours a night senior year. I’m not going to downplay my achievements. I don’t brag about them in “real life,” either. If someone asks where I go to school, I tell them. They often reply enthusiastically - especially here, because our city doesn’t send a lot of people to prestigious East Coast schools - and I feel awkward like any person with a normal ego would. </p>
<p>And since you didn’t seem to catch it, I was being somewhat sarcastic with my remark, thanks. I don’t actually go around saying things like that. </p>
<p>I wear my college and high school clothes because I like my schools. If people think I’m bragging… too freaking bad for them.</p>
<p>It’s a pretty amazing thing – watching your son be asked for an autograph. Even better is seeing how generous he is with his time and his penmanship to the young kids!)</p>
<p>nice story- he sounds like a great young man</p>
<p>HSisOverrated,
I think you have made a HUGE assumption that someone wearing a shirt with the logo of an elite college is doing so as an ego boost and flaunting it, etc. Most who I know who wear their college logo items do so out of an attachment and affection for their school, a sense of spirit, community and belonging. </p>
<p>I also think you are making a distinction between those who wear the shirt of their elite school with those who wear a shirt from a lower ranked college. Do you mean it is OK to wear the shirt of one’s college as long as it is not a highly selective school? What’s the difference the school? In either case, the person has a loyal affection for their school. Do those who happen to attend the most selective schools have to shun college logo wear for fear that others will assume they are flaunting their “superiority?” It seems an assumption and jealous notion to assign those who attend elite schools as having a need to wear it to boost their ego, when they have the same affection toward their school like anyone else. Do they need to hide and keep quiet their school name for fear of someone else being jealous or assuming their motivation is entirely with their ego in mind? Students anywhere are bonded with their school. Those who attend elite schools wear the shirts for the same reason as those who attend other schools and have the same right to do so. </p>
<p>When my kids graduated high school, relatives got them sweatshirts from their intended colleges. They would have bought these no matter the level of selectivity of the college. The point was that it was gonna be their college, that’s all. </p>
<p>This past weekend, I went to my kid’s sport event (she is on a team at her college). Her school happens to be an Ivy. As an athlete she had a logo jacket and other logo stuff. And guess what? Her dad got the team jacket too and had on a team tee shirt. He would have worn ANY college gear no matter the name of her school, just to be loyal to her school. I’ve seen my same D wear a sweatshirt from her unknown rural public high school at her college sport events (not as she is competing) and she has told me she is proud of it too, even though nobody will have heard of it and hardly any of her teammates went to public school. She feels the same about wearing the HS sweatshirt as she does about wearing her college one (which is well known). She doesn’t wear the college one for an ego boost. She just loves her school and it’s a souvenir of sorts of her school to save over the years. No matter what school she had attended, she’d have owned a sweatshirt. Why should it be thought of as any different just because it is an Ivy?</p>
<p>A college shirt is just a college shirt, for the school to which you attend and belong. Any student deserves to wear one no matter the name of their school, and to do so without assigning them motivations beyond enjoying having something that represents their school and the feeling of belonging. By the way, this same kid of mine would never wear logo clothing with store names on it. She doesn’t care about prestige. She does love her school though and so does own a sweatshirt and sweatpants with the school name, as well as some team logo stuff since she is an athlete. Each athlete on her team just ordered a hat and some other logo stuff made up for the team for fun to own and I betcha they would have gotten this no matter the name of their school. It is fun for them as a group to own a few items for their team. It is not about ego but about belonging and spirit. It appears the issue here is more in the your own interpretation and feelings about those who attend these schools or wear their school gear with loyalty and fondness for their school.</p>
<p>teriwtt, you must be the only UT alum who doesn’t own a burnt orange shirt. I’m not an alum, and I have one.</p>
<p>Why shouldn’t people wear their school logo clothing, no matter what school it is.
We received a Christmas card where the entire family was dressed in Harvard gear, even though 1 child attends Harvard and another attends a State U. Now that, I found a little obnoxious.</p>
<p>My kids live in their college hoodies, but since no one recognizes the names around here, it can’t be bragging. D’s was a very good LAC which shares it’s name with a lot of other schools, and S’s Ivy is the same name as a sporting clothes line. He can be wearing it and still have someone ask where he goes to school. (note to “rhetorical tics thread” denizens–I took an “actually” out of the last sentence just for you.)</p>
<p>My absolute favorite Christmas present of the last few years was my kids finding me a UMich sweatshirt, so that I can wear a hoodie from my alma mater just like they do! (Woody–when i was there mumble-whatever years ago, they sold “Harvard–Michigan of the East” T-shirts.)</p>
<p>dc89,
Let’s not twist my words around, okay ? I did not say in any of my posts that people wearing their college t-shirts are pompous or bragging.</p>
<p>I did say that I have no problem with them, just that I don’t wear them myself.</p>
<p>I stated that your remark about being smarter was pompous. Anyone wearing t-shirts from their community college to the most desirable and competitive , prestigeous universities should feel pride for their accomplishments and should not be looked down upon by people who deem themselves to be smarter.</p>
<p>" And since you didn’t seem to catch it, I was being somewhat sarcastic with my remark, thanks. I don’t actually go around saying things like that. "</p>
<p>Maybe you don’t " go around saying things like that " but you did post it here, which makes you seem condescending towards people that you imply are beneath your level of intelligence. Sarcasm is hard to " get " when typed and posted on a discussion board. But I guess you are saying that you didn’t mean what you wrote.</p>
<p>I have a stepdaughter who struggles in school due to a learning disability. She works " really freaking hard " with every assignment she does. She does however have an incredible gift for athletics and wears her various teams garb.
She could brag, as could my other kids of their strengths, but is more low key because she was brought up to be that way .</p>