<p>You don’t need to bring books to class usually. In fact, unless you major in a science, you wont’ have that many regular textbooks. My humanities “textbooks” were usually small academic texts or primary sources (for example Plato’s Republic), they were light and relatively easy to bring to class if needed. The English students needed their full edition of Riverside’s Shakespeare everyday, which is mammoth, but most of us did not have that issue. </p>
<p>Whether laptops are brought to class or not depends on the class and the school and the teacher’s policy. I brought my laptop to my larger classes, but not to my smaller courses as it tended to get in the way of discussion. Some never brought their laptops. If i did bring it, it was usually the heavies thing in my bag.</p>