Animals on My Wrist

Over the past years I have accumulated quite a large amount of bracelets and the like on my arm. Recently this new fad of Silly Bandz has erupted. In being a person who likes to wear things on my wrist I am a wearer of these rubbery outline figures. They are the “new big thing” as some people say. There have been some concerns from teachers in parts of the U.S. about these bracelets.  Only a few weeks ago an article came out saying that Silly Bandz have been banned in some schools. Teachers claim that they are a distraction to their students, and they pay more attention to the shapes on their wrists than what they, the teacher, are trying to convey to the students. In other schools kids have begun trading the Bandz like people used to trade cards. Apparently there have been fights started by some elementary kids about unfair trades. I guess some children don’t realize that the phoenix is worth two pieces of fruit not one musical instrument.

Some people have gone to the extreme of covering their entire arm with a sleeve of rubbery figures. Wouldn’t you think that an arm full of things squeezing your skin and bones together could affect the use of your hand?? Still it is not enough to stop people from creating rainbows and collages up and down their limbs.

I do not mean to say that silly bandz are bad, but there is a line that can be crossed with the amount that you wear at one time.  The people who wear one to around ten are absolutely alright. It is only once someone gets to the point of having measurements of inches up the arm in bracelets rather than measurement of Bandz themselves that it starts to get ridiculous.

As all fads are, they come and go. Silly Bandz are at their peak right now, but who knows how long they will last. Nevertheless I enjoy rubber cut shapes and how they are so simple, yet they are making some creative jeweler a billionaire. So here’s to Silly Bandz the bracelets that have succeeded in changing the spelling of bands.