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As I was perusing my junk mail this morning I came across one of my favorite publications - The Kmart sales flyer. Not much to my surprise, there is a section for whom they've termed, 'schoolebrities.' Children that are the celebrities of their school and peer group, (the popular). I had to stop and wonder. Do I want my child to be a schoolebrity this year? Do you want your child to be? 

At first thought, I have to admit, it seems ridiculous and shallow. I mean, this is exactly why they invented uniforms. But, I didn't wear a uniform in school. In fact, I always wanted to be trendy. Did I want to be a schoolebrity? ...yeah. I remember being at one of many after school functions and having two very pretty girls on each arm. The looks on faces; amazed at my schoolebrity. I loved it.

But, I digress. There were a few 'most-popular' at my school that would now, I guess, be called schoolebrities. One thing I remember about the most-popular is that they didn't seem to have the highest grades or greatest attendance. Not a surprise. How can you really keep your schoolebrity status if your fans see you in person everyday? Some of the schoolebrities didn't have all kinds of trendy clothes and gadgets. They were just cool. They seemed to have what they call the "it factor." 

In at least some small way, of course; we are all a bit shallow. We wouldn't be human if we were perfect. I do want my child to keep up with the latest trends to some degree. If you have a 'tween' daughter, get ready to buy the Miley Cyrus line. I will buy Nike's and allow my son to wear pants that are way too big, but I will not sacrafice quality time and tranquility to do so. Schoolebrity status? That's up to him, but I'm not payin' for it.

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