This weekend was one of the better ones I've had in a while. Relaxing, full of good food, and company. While I was attending a graduation party, I got involved in a conversation with a 4th grader going into 5th. I had asked her what is with those silly bandz!? She explained that they were shaped elastics and they were banned from school along with japanese erasers. (I had no IDEA what the japanese erasers were.) The party goes on, and I spend a thrilling Saturday night watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I can't say enough about how much I love the book series, and the movies actually. So this all leads me to a question: why do some things take off and some do not? Children are very fickle. How do things like silly bandz become so popular, and so popular they are banned from schools?? How have such series as harry potter taken off with movies, books, and merchandise while others fade away?
This is a SUPER research question...worth investigating come 496!
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