Alan Anderson-Epedmics when I was growing up

   When I was a child I remeber many different fads and trends.  Eventually these fads and trends that started in school would soon go nationwide.  These epedemics though, also may have been brought in to my surroundings by somebody who was exposed by a ''carrier'' of the epedemic.  Epedemics and trend setters remind me alot of diseases.  Not specific diseases like cancer, but the way that they infect oneself once exposed.  The same way goes for these trends, that turn to fads, to a nationwide epedemic.  I remember through my life having to have baggy jeans. Why?  In my mind all the cool kids had them.  I also remember playing with along with trading renowned poke'mon cards.  Almost every kid in my neighbourhood or in my classroom participated in collecting these cards.   Yoyo's were next on the list for myself to get involved in.  I dont think that I became an active member of these epedemics in my childhood by liking what was exposed to me.  It was more the question that if I do not like or participate with these particular epedemics would my peers look at me differently socially?