College Rings

[Nugget]

I think thats a really blunt statement. It makes no sense, and its very judgemental. Unless your saying all guys in rings you think less of, which is just as bad.

The original poster asked what we thought and that's what I think. You don't have to agree. Sure, it's judgmental -- I'm OK with that. We all make judgements in life.

I think class rings are tacky and lowbrow, especially if the person's been out of school for a while. If someone hasn't gotten sick of that ring and tucked it away in a forgotten drawer within a year then I think they've missed a memo somewhere along the line and I'm going to think less of them because of it.

Higher education, even postgrad work, is little more than the preamble to your life. While it may require tremendous effort, let's not confuse it with actual productive accomplishments.

Build things. Create. Achieve. Education is just training so that you might have success doing those things in the real world. To focus on the training and not the doing seems misguided to me.

 

[Telp]

The original poster asked what we thought and that's what I think. You don't have to agree. Sure, it's judgmental -- I'm OK with that. We all make judgements in life.

I think class rings are tacky and lowbrow, especially if the person's been out of school for a while. If someone hasn't gotten sick of that ring and tucked it away in a forgotten drawer within a year then I think they've missed a memo somewhere along the line and I'm going to think less of them because of it.

Higher education, even postgrad work, is little more than the preamble to your life. While it may require tremendous effort, let's not confuse it with actual productive accomplishments.

Build things. Create. Achieve. Education is just training so that you might have success doing those things in the real world. To focus on the training and not the doing seems misguided to me.

Sorry, I looked for a reply, but i didnt see one, guess i just didnt look hard enough. I guess thats understandable, dont necessarily agree, but that does somewhat make sense (to me) it obviously makes sense to you.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

I'm in high school and they are trying to push "High School Class rings" on us. what a freaking scam! why would you spend money on one of those ugly things anyway?


I can just picture it now... me, as an 85 year old man, looking down at that ring on my finger and all those beautiful memories of high school come flooding back and carry my peacefully up to heaven... ahhh, so beautiful....



I think this is what capitalism is all about: some company decides to make up some totally ridiculous "tradition" in order to sell something. But the problem is, the tradition doesn't exist... so they just run enough ads, commercials, etc. that after 20 years, it is ingrained in society and they are ensured to have a market for years to come. This is stuff like X-mass (the season of buying really expensive junk and giving them to people), those companies that sell fertilizer and herbacide (because, having a lush green lawn is the "american way"), . What BS. why do people go for it? i think i need to move to a different country...

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The HS class ring I think is a pass down from Colleges. I have a HS ring which I wore for a few years but now it is nothing more than a keep sake that I might ware in 3 years to a HS reunion but is something that not the same as a college ring. Lastly and yes Capitalism in the works but welcome to modern world. Go to any westernized world and you will see capitalisms. Heck you hate it so much and yet do not say anything against apple which is quite good and this entire saying you need blah blah this (or dont need it) and apple fans buy it up.

College rings is not so much capitalism but it started with west point and from there expanded to the major university over the years. University have had rings for well over 50 years.

Now some one wearing there HS ring when they are like 22 (I am being nice and saying they have it on though college) is stupid because then either they have not moved on

Colleges best way I can related it to more relates to how people take more pride in where they got their degree. Who follows HS football once you really are out of it but people do tend to follow college football for years afterwards. Now never really leaving your college days is not good but keeping pride in the school is another thing.

 

[samh004]

Didn't get a HS ring and if offered will not be getting a college/university ring. To me it seems tacky, and seeing some of the pictures of the rings in this thread just reaffirms that for me. They look fugly.

I'm not sure why someone would want to wear something like that. Living in HK for most of my life I have never seen anyone wearing a ring from their higher education choice.

I would say it's an American thing.

I can understand keeping pride in your college/university and being proud of what you have achieved, but that's what your CV is for, or your degree hanging on the wall behind your desk. A ring to say you've completed HS is really silly I reckon, it's not a huge achievement, and in this world just finishing HS doesn't get you very far. I suppose college/university is different, it's a lot harder and wasn't compulsory, still it's almost as if your rubbing it in everywhere you go, "I went here"... and most people really couldn't care.

 

[jng]

A ring to say you've completed HS is really silly I reckon, it's not a huge achievement, and in this world just finishing HS doesn't get you very far. I suppose college/university is different, it's a lot harder and wasn't compulsory, still it's almost as if your rubbing it in everywhere you go, "I went here"... and most people really couldn't care.

Depends on where you went to high school. I went to an elite one, which was honestly harder than college. Most people don't care true. But when it comes to networking, the few but important ones who do care - that's enough.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Depends on where you went to high school. I went to an elite one, which was honestly harder than college. Most people don't care true. But when it comes to networking, the few but important ones who do care - that's enough.

I am going to figure that translate into an elitist thing. Mom and Dad had a ton of money to burn so pretty much it means a way for the rich to stay in touch. Some how I doute it harder than college. A lot of how hard college is completely depends on your major and I know there is no way a HS is harder than a lot of my course work for my degree.

Those few HS means parents have money to burn.

 

[AlexH]

I'll be graduating soon with a B.S. degree, and I will be getting a ring, and I do intend on wearing it. It represents 5 years of my life, the work I've put into earning a degree, not to mention all of my experiences and friends I've made along the way.

If you accuse me "rubbing it in someone's face" or "bragging" by wearing it, well, I'm guilty as charged. I don't mind if people know I graduated from college. It's a big deal to me!