Anonymous
09/18/2025 10:55
Subject: Disappearance of lettermen jackets
Anonymous wrote:Letter jacket sweet a short term fad for one generation.
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Trends come and go.
My parents tried to convince me not to get a high school ring in the 1980s, so I got the cheapest one and then never wore it after freshman year of college. Wear my college signet ring every day though.
I can see why letterman jackets and high school rings are fading, they are now expensive and usually rarely after your late teens / early twenties.
Anonymous
09/18/2025 10:50
Subject: Disappearance of lettermen jackets
Anonymous wrote:Letterman jackets and class rings were a big deal when many students went into the workforce after high school — of course you want something physical to commemorate your senior year and graduation.
In schools/areas where the vast majority of kids go on to college, no one is going to wear their high school stuff after they graduate. The only exception is private schools with strong alumni networks — kids will often wear those class rings well into adulthood.
Fewer kids are going to college now. But on the other hand, high school is a lot easier than it once was, and even more socially atomized.
"I am in the population that could be bothered to spend a week or two doing fake online credit recovery" doesn't really seem worth a ring.
Anonymous
09/18/2025 10:42
Subject: Disappearance of lettermen jackets
Letter jacket sweet a short term fad for one generation.
We're not allowed to say the B word on this site
We're not allowed to say the B word on this site
Anonymous
09/18/2025 09:49
Subject: Disappearance of lettermen jackets
Letterman jackets and class rings were a big deal when many students went into the workforce after high school — of course you want something physical to commemorate your senior year and graduation.
In schools/areas where the vast majority of kids go on to college, no one is going to wear their high school stuff after they graduate. The only exception is private schools with strong alumni networks — kids will often wear those class rings well into adulthood.
In schools/areas where the vast majority of kids go on to college, no one is going to wear their high school stuff after they graduate. The only exception is private schools with strong alumni networks — kids will often wear those class rings well into adulthood.
Anonymous
09/18/2025 09:40
Subject: Disappearance of lettermen jackets
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:High school goes by sooo fast. Plus everyone has jackets for their specific sport / activity.
I have wrestling, band, cheer, softball, swim jackets/coats all hanging in our closet that my now college aged kids aren't ready to part with. I'm happy their HS letters are just in the top drawer of their dressers.
But the letter jacket would have taken the place of all of these.
But it doesn't differentiate the football team from the wrestling team, etc. All of those other jackets are considered uniform items for being on the team.
Anonymous
09/18/2025 07:24
Subject: Disappearance of lettermen jackets
Anonymous wrote:I grew up in the Midwest (class of 98) and nobody wore letterman jackets and only a few bought class rings. These were not trendy at all. Nobody had them, it was something your parents had when they were young.
Midwest also and graduated 2006. We all wore them and so did every surrounding city we played.