SILLY Bandz Ban?
By Jackie Burrell
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm in Just Bizarre.
Seems schools across the nation have started banning Silly Bandz, the colorful little bracelets shown above. School principals say they’re a “distraction” because kids fiddle with them in class, and trade them on the playground. Um, people? It’s the end of May. They’re kids. Or is it just me? Does this strike you as ridiculous?
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May 27th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
these have not taken off in my daughter’s school, I have only seen them online. I do think this is a little silly. They could be banned in the classroom but not recess or lunch, let them be kids. Of course my daughter still has 5 weeks left of school
May 28th, 2010 at 5:16 am
This story made http://detentionslip.org ! Check it out for all the crazy headlines from our schools.
May 29th, 2010 at 11:57 am
These are even popular in my daughter’s high school. The kids like to wear them and trade them. They havent been banned yet, but still three weeks to go. Actually, one of the math teachers was handing them out to her classes.
June 9th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
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June 21st, 2010 at 9:10 am
Well I think kids need something to play in order to develop their brain. Silly Bandz are not drug, oh please ..school do the right thing.
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