Thoughts on Student Planners?

Groundwork2022
Sun, 11 Nov 2018 22:00:13 +0000

Thanks to everyone for responding!

I’ll definitely be showing these options to DD. @happy1, DD would have totally overlooked that planner because it is so plain, but now I think she can better appreciate it’s space and flexibility. @momofsenior1, we would have overlooked that one too because it doesn’t appear too much different than what she’s got, but looking carefully, it is an inch wider than hers, and that extra space might make all the difference. If nothing else, this teaches both of us to take a closer look at those kinds of details. @allyphoe I will show her your system too. I am not sure if she is carrying a binder or not this year (she always did in the past as she used the SOAR organization system, and I think she still does), if so, your daughter’s system also sounds like a great option.

@thumper1, DD did pick out her own planner at an office supply store. She got it in June and it follows the school year rather than the calendar year. Neither of us expected the one she chose wasn’t going to have enough space. It has been a while since I paid much attention to what she writes in her assignment notebooks, but this year she is setting a lot more of her own schedule and appointments. So every few weeks we have to compare notes. I see her planner isn’t big enough; even she admits it’s not (although she is understandably reluctant to carry the same thick and heavy page-a-day binder I require).

This is a great time of year to make a switch, because there are more and different choices on the shelves for January.