Why do so many people put private school bumper stickers on their cars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't even imagine. Seems like nothing but a naked flex.

I put our school's sticker as it is a small school, I would like to promote it.

Same here. Our student body is daily localized and I like spreading the word to neighboring towns. I hope nobody would see it as bragging! It’s not a very expensive school as or as privates go. Last week I was 30 minutes away in a parking lot and someone came up and commented on the magnet (They knew someone who went there). I’m not a school insider or anything, so it’s not at all meant to be shown as a badge of being in the club, or whatever OP said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't even imagine. Seems like nothing but a naked flex.

I put our school's sticker as it is a small school, I would like to promote it.

Same here. Our student body is fairly localized and I like spreading the word to neighboring towns. I hope nobody would see it as bragging! It’s not a very expensive school as or as privates go. Last week I was 30 minutes away in a parking lot and someone came up and commented on the magnet (They knew someone who went there). I’m not a school insider or anything, so it’s not at all meant to be shown as a badge of being in the club, or whatever OP said.

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of the recent attitude that reading in public is always performative “bragging.” Turns out some of us just like to read and see it as a normal activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is right. My kids are at a big 3 school, and I am very proud of them for getting in. I also love the school and community. However, outward demonstrations of pride = bragging.

Our neighbors and friends are still in the DCPS that we left, and it would feel weird to me to wave the private school flag in their face. Anyone that is suggesting it’s the same as a public school sticker is not being honest with themselves. One is very inclusive, while the other is very exclusive.

My kids asked once to stick it on the car and I said that I didn’t want any stickers on my car. It’s okay to say no to your kids on occasion. It is my car. They do have plenty of school merch that they wear to school, have never seen them wear it outside of school.

THANK YOU. See? It's not that hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of the recent attitude that reading in public is always performative “bragging.” Turns out some of us just like to read and see it as a normal activity.

😂 you need new SAT words. All that reading should be adding to your vocabulary. Come back and give us something else.

[Anonymous]

Advertising for the school. Our kids' school is a bit less known in my neighborhood, so it helps.

[Anonymous]

When the kids were in public we had the school magnet on the car, so we did the same when they switched to private school.

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It's weird

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I put my LSAT score on the back of my car.

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What’s allowed on the back of one’s car? Who decides?

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I’m not advertising any private school unless the adm. sends me a payment for it. I don’t work for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not advertising any private school unless the adm. sends me a payment for it. I don’t work for them.

That's school spirit for ya!

[Anonymous]

I did not realize until I moved (temporarily) overseas that it is really weird to advertise schools, politics, religion or my other highly personal association on one’s vehicle. Cars here are clean. License plate. That’s it.

People are very social, yet private. One would look like an ass if they tagged themselves to share that info with the world, no matter the type of school.

I am now so comfortable with this, that I find all car decorations crazy looking when we are back in the US.

I love the US, but we are, sometimes… just weird.

[Anonymous]

The reason is that schools has some of the features of a country club and people like to signal that they are part of the club.

It also happens with clothing. Why do people buy famous brands ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of the recent attitude that reading in public is always performative “bragging.” Turns out some of us just like to read and see it as a normal activity.

The difference, to me, is that one requires tens of thousands of dollars while the other requires a library card.

As a fellow reader I think that attitude comes from couch potato binge watchers feeling bad about how they use their free time and like readers are somehow rubbing their proverbial noses in it.