What type of bookbag do you have?

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>So... What type of bookbag do you have?</p>

<p>I have a messenger bag that's killed my back and I think it's done permanent nerve damage. DO NOT get a messenger bag! It's DANGEROUS.</p>

<p>Get a standard bookbag. (That's what I'm going to do... get a nice one from LL Bean.)</p>

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<p>I have a black L.L. Bean Bookbag.</p>

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<p>I’ve used an LL Bean since Freshman year. However, I probably won’t use it when I start college. </p>

<p>I almost always end up carrying all my binders, notebooks, and folders in my book bag. I now have permanent damage in my right shoulder because of the weight. </p>

<p>No choice though. Too much stuff for my locker, every class every day, and only a few minutes to get to class make it slightly difficult to compromise.</p>

<p>Thankfully, college should (literally and figuratively) take a load of shoulders. I will have a room to keep my supplies in and only a few classes everyday…</p>

<p>But my LL Bean has served me well. Before we finally shoveled out the money for it, I would need a new back pack every year. My LL Bean hasn’t even started to fall apart. =P</p>

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<p>I call it a backpack</p>

<p>Mine has lasted since halfway through 6th grade.</p>

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<p>Yeah… like my right shoulder hurts me really badly at the moment, and lately my backs been hurting me. I think it has to do with the fact that on a daily basis… I’m carrying anywhere from 40 pounds (on a light day) to 80 pounds in my bookbag. That’s a bit ridiculous.</p>

<p>I think block scheduling is literally good for your health because you have way less of a load to carry around.</p>

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<p>^^I called it both in my last post.</p>

<p>@AUGirl- Agreed. Less stuff needed per day takes a lot off the weight load. My book bag has ruined my right shoulder. Well, more accurately, whatever muscles go with my right shoulder blade [/anatomy fail]. If I sit in the wrong position for too long, it’ll start to ache really badly.</p>

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<p>My shoulders feel perfectly fine</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s like more than 10 fullsized textbooks.</p>

<p>EDIT: My statement above is literally true.</p>

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<p>Jansport—lavender and orange plaid on a white background. I’m thinking I’ll get a black or navy blue bookbag next year, so it won’t look so dirty—I’m really rough on my bag for some reason. :smiling_face: </p>

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<p>I had a nice LL Bean canvas one for a couple years but the bottom ripped out of it, probably because I tend to take my backpack off in a bit of a violent way. Now I have this really cheap black jansport one which I don’t really like, but I think I can deal with it for a year until college.</p>

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<p>A North Face backpack, like every other person in my school.</p>

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<p>[JanSport</a> Odyssey](<a href=“http://www.jansport.com/js_product_detail.php?cid=1&pid=TQJ1]JanSport”>http://www.jansport.com/js_product_detail.php?cid=1&pid=TQJ1) 38. </p>

<p>Sooo comfortable. And I also use it for hiking/camping during the summer lol, so it retains its usefulness. It cost me over $100, but it’s definitely worth it.</p>

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<p>jansport - navy blue.
it’s classy. stays tiny because i keep those non-binder plastic things as binders.
it’s bliss. :]</p>

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<p>Black Adidas backpack. Spacious enough to fit all my binders and books.</p>

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<p>I use a messenger bag my cousin gave me, it has the logo for the “Siemens” company on it.</p>

<p>Since the beginning of the year, I’ve stopped using binders (I just use pocket folders, empty them out when they get ragged), and I rarely carry more than 1-2 textbooks per day (we have block scheduling). I rarely use them in most classes anyways. Rarely more than 10 lbs.</p>

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<p>I don’t even use binders. I have two five-subject spirals, and then seven folders (you know the kind that are ten cents a piece), and then this year… I had 8-9 textbooks on me at a time.</p>

<p>Binders are too heavy and take up too much space.</p>

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<p>A black L.L. Bean backpack. I think it’s called “turbo-transit” or something. Very durable and is about 15 inches wide. Perfect for the 1-inch binders PER CLASS plus textbooks. I’ll probably rethink this system and opt for someting lighter. I’ve gotten in the habit of carrying my backpack on one shoulder too :/</p>

<p>Any suggestions for a better system? Would one large binder (say 2-3 inches) work better? I tend to use loose-leaf paper rather than notebooks anyways.</p>

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<p>I use a Peach Girl Tote Bag I bought at an anime convention for $8.</p>

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<p>^No. It doesn’t. I tried it freshman year.</p>

<p>You should try the five spiral/folders. It really works well. You can just tear out the paper from the five spiral and make it ‘loose leaf’ and then save it in the folder.</p>

<p>Worked for me with my nine classes this year. (Only seven were academic though.)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m a fan of the notebook and folder system, too. It takes up so much less room and you always have paper.</p>

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<p>I just used my tote bag, because I didn’t have any binders. I had one general-purpose folder for all of the stuff my teachers gave me (not much). I kept binder paper in one side (in case of tests), and stuffed worksheets in the other half. I usually got an average of three papers a week, so it was pretty manageable. We were supposed to bring our textbooks, but do you think I was a good enough student to actually care? Most of the stuff I kept in my bag was practical stuff. Like the Hello Kitty mirror I got from San Francisco, the mirror my mom got me for my birthday, a bottle of water in case I got thirsty, a small pillow for class usage, a handkerchief too expensive for me actually use, etc. etc. etc.</p>