Why do American men wear class rings, but wont use their postnominal degrees on door signs and business cards?
American women wear class rings, too. I wear mine.Generally speaking, displaying where you got your degree from on a business card or a door sign would be seen as odd, at best. If somebody handed me a business card with the Harvard logo on it and he didnt work at Harvard, Id probably ask about it: Oh, do you do work with Harvard University? and if the answer was, No, I just attended Id find this an unpleasant level of showing off. Not classy.A lot of Americans will have college-related paraphernalia in their offices, though.
Like, you may see a pennant or they may have their degree(s) up on the wall. This is a more casual display of affiliation.Likewise, the ring is casual. Class rings are usually not that obtrusive, particularly the signet variety.
Usually, the signet is only immediately recognized by others who attended the university (though I have had people ask me to hand over my ring so they could take a closer look at it before), and thus it kind of acts like a secret handshake. Ive had people from my college recognize my signet ring on sight, and then we have an instant connection.Its just a lot classier than shoving it in everybodys face all the time in an American social environment, basically.
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