Schools that don't allow backpacks? Huh?

Rixs
Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:19:49 +0000

My school doesn’t ban backpacks. Then again, I go to a school of less than 400 students and we rarely have any security problems other than a couple fights every year.

I couldn’t imagine not having a backpack. One’s locker often ends up on one of the ends of the school, and it’s almost impossible to get to between every class, so I usually only go to my locker twice a day or so.

I usually have at least four large textbooks and a few large binders in my locker and everything else (notebooks, paper, folders, etc) in my book bag.

I guess it’s because my school doesn’t have a classroom set of books for every class. They try to, but we’re not particularly rich, so we can’t afford enough books for two sets for everyone.

As for congestion, my school has one rather narrow hallway, so it’d be even more congested if every single student had to use their lockers between classes.