10/31/12
Over the past few years, fads have been fluctuating to the point where the information is shoved in your face and it is no longer helpful but annoying. Ranging from one of the earliest fads, break dancing, to the Rubik's cube, fads have been around for along time and will stay for even longer.

One fad everyone remembers is the hacky sack fad. Having thought to have died in the 80's, hacky sac took a turn for the better when they hit the courtyard of Johns Creek High School. Before school, during lunch, and after school, people would get into groups have their hacky sack time. The thing which was extremely different was the club made for hacky sack, which I found unnecessary.

The next few fads are the most recent ones. Last year, over 93 million people viewed a Kony 2012, a video thought to change the world. Several people in my last years language arts class were supporters of this event. But some realized that this event was blown way over proportion, and very soon everyone would have a new bandwagon to jump onto. And it did;v and their second video, which was not quite as succesful, had the effect everyone anticipated; which was nothing.

The next fad was a very recent one which also was blown over proportion. This was the Amanda Todd case. A girl who committed suicide over being bullied. Of course, its in human nature to show sympathy for a situation like this but what everyone didnt like is that everyone was treating this as if this was the first suicide over bullying. Memes were created, her name was plastered all over twitter and facebook, making her suicide seem special. This correlates with another girl who has a rare skin disease which made her look much older. Once again, another child had the same disease but was never given the same treatment.

Fads come and go swiftly, but while they are here they are quite annoying. Although fads should be taken less seriously because of how quickly they fluctuate.