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Silly bandz allowed in your school?
I was introduced to the Silly Bandz craze by a nice family in Middletown. I was there covering the July 4 festivities as the weekend reporter, and while I was wearing blue and white, tragically, I was missing red in my attire. Mentioning my fashion faux pas to the little girl to my left, who was decked out in a patriotic costume, she quickly handed me a red plastic bracelet that apparently spelled the word “wow” if you looked really closely. This led to a lengthy conversation with her and her twin brother on the merits of collecting, trading and identifying the many shapes inside these little rubber bands. After counting each one on her wrist several times, she proudly told me she had collected 30 of them. When one broke during the parade, I promptly handed her the one she had loaned me to ensure her count didn’t dwindle below her brother’s.
So, why the blog about fashion items? Well, like all fads that strike during the summer, new rules must emerge as students head back to school. We have a story coming out this week about this craze, and I noticed this note from elementary school principal Greg Finke of Independence Elementary.
“The big question of the summer surrounds those crazy colored rubber bands that are all the rage. In order to protect out instructional time, limit arguments, and prevent unwanted borrowing of the shapeful jewlery, I am requesting that parents limit the number of bands to 10 per day. Students should not be trading bands during the school day, so large collections need to be left at home. If difficulties do arise, Indy may become a ‘band free’ environment.”
So, there you have it folks. Keep an eye out for silly bandz trouble! And while were on the fun topic, what were the crazy fads that kept your teachers busy confiscating treasures?
I remember the days of slap bracelets. They were banned after students drove teachers insane with the Slap. Curl. Straighten. Slap. Curl. Straighten habit I am sure many of us had while listening to the daily lessons. I think some health warning emerged about the constant slapping causing some sort of damage to wrists, so I guess our teachers saved us from ourselves.
Remember Pogs? They were these little discs that students traded and played a game to try to win them from each other. I held on dearly to the ones I had, but my twin brother liked to “gamble” to win more from his friends. I think those were banned at some point as well.
So, admit it. Who out there is a Silly Bandz fan?
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By Lisa
August 19, 2010 2:07 AM | Link to this
when i was a kid, this was in the 60’s, it was clackers or knockers…those hard plastic balls, about the size of a golf ball, held together with a string, and it had a washer in the middle of the string that you held onto when clacking the balls together until they hit above and below your hand making an awful noise….
By Elaine
August 19, 2010 8:21 AM | Link to this
Way back in the dark ages of the 60’s, the thing was “fruit loops” - the loop on the back of boys’ shirts (no one wore t-shirts to school in those days). The idea was to tear them off. I wonder how many parents we totally tic’d off by ripping their son’s shirts?
By worry about other things
August 19, 2010 10:21 AM | Link to this
I think it is silly to be concerned about silly bandz. Kids should be learning about wordz.
By dreamscape
August 19, 2010 11:06 AM | Link to this
When I was a kid in elementary school (late 80’s), we traded “Friendship Pins”, which were safety pins adorned with colorful beads that we made ourselves and hooked them to our shoelaces. After that fad, we then traded “Friendship Bracelets”, which were made by taking colorful strings and braiding or knotting them together in fancy patterns. We were quite crafty kids.
By Charles
August 19, 2010 1:09 PM | Link to this
We were so poor when i was growing up we were just happy to be able to go to skool.
By almost middle ager
August 19, 2010 1:15 PM | Link to this
In my day (70’s) it was glow in the dark vampire teeth. They used this in the movie A Christmas Story, but I don’t think they really had those in the 40’s. I only remember mine because my teacher confiscated it and wouldn’t give it back to me until my mom wrote a note.
By Lollipop10
August 19, 2010 1:37 PM | Link to this
When I was in high school, a nun jerked my Fairview HS boyfriend’s class ring (on a chain around my neck)off me and kept it…
By Erica
August 19, 2010 4:15 PM | Link to this
YuGiOh, Pokemon, and Magic the Gathering cards. :p
By Erica
August 19, 2010 4:30 PM | Link to this
Oh, and jelly “sex” bracelets. Forgot about those. I know, I’m only a few years out of high school…
By autovermietung mallorca
October 17, 2010 10:35 PM | Link to this
I am doing research for my university paper, thanks for your useful points, now I am acting on a sudden impulse. Kris