Trends In School

Last Friday was spent on a rather fruitful note, where I got to spend time with three crazy yet awesome friends;Shera, Syuhada and Jeanice.

We "took turns" to laugh at the silliest things possible, from pictures of people in the Yearbook, to the evolving of Pokemon. Jeanice felt left out and even labeled us as being scary people because we could remember names of Pokemon and their evolved names and attacks. Shera even sang the Team Rocket Song. Hahaha.


Speaking of School, I can't help but notice a different trend in school, every year.

Back when my eldest brother was in secondary school (about 12 years ago) , everyone wanted Bell-bottoms or straight cut.






Hahah.


This was also the year, where the guys would buy the biggest pants as possible to wear it low. They would then drag their pants, so that it would look torn and tattered at the bottom. That was "cool" for them back then.


Then 4 to 5 years later, when it was my 2nd brother's turn, things were different. Everyone said 'bye-bye' to baggy pants, and 'hello' to tapered!



Lol.

My brother's pants were so skinny that it totally resembled drain pipes.





Now it's my turn, in the secondary school life, and I must say, things are different. Girls have been the same, coming up with various ways to shorten their skirt, either by folding it, or tailoring it. But guys though, have compiled both of the two years(above), either by having baggy pants either tight or lose, or have tapered pants, wearing it near their butt crack.



But they don't call it tapered anymore. With the growing rate of modernization, people have called it "skinnies". And "trend" has made it so popular that when you walk down Orchard Road, you don't see people in denim skinnies, but in various colours, ranging from white, to luminous green, to hot pink, blinding you in every way possible.




Secondary school was supposed to be a place where both teachers and students exchange knowledge on order to overcome the National Examinations. However, things have changed. And now, school seems like how the olden days used to be "with kids playing Hopscotch,five stones and colour-catching". But now, it's modified.

Students now, term themselves as "matured" and instead if playing the games mentioned above, they turn to "water babies", "Rubix Cube" and a dance called "Shuffle".

You must be wondering, water babies how to play?

Well, it's not this water babies,



But this one!




I have friends who not only take care of these water babies, but treat them as pets as well!

Classmates have been addicted to Rubix Cude as well, hiding it under the table, twisting and turning it, as though to unrevel some "Da Vinci Code" secret.



Don't get me wrong, I think people who can do the Rubix cube, are intelligent people, but this as a trend in school?

The last one, is actually the latest trend,Shuffle. It's actually a dance. I don't know much about, so I'll leave it to the video.








I love how they do it, although it looks like some paranoid kid stomping his feet, if there weren't any music.


But I wonder what's next? Will it be back to the "hopscotch, fivestones" thing, or will technology bring forth a new trend?