My schools had lockers. It had both kinds of classroom hallways (open indoors into a building, open straight to the outside world). The no-lockers thing is a relatively new thing I think.

They can legally search your locker, but they can't search your backpack :)


And we have inside hallways too, but all the classrooms are also accessible from outside, save for a few on the second story that overhangs a cliff (its hard to explain). No one uses the hallways since its just faster to walk outside.

Some of the people in the same boat as me were talking about rolling backpacks, but that would be wayyyyy too geeky. Plus, it would be a pain to carry up and down the stairs.

Christ. I forgot you're in high school (and thought it was kind of weird you'd think they might have lockers).

If you want a real solution and have a bit of spare time. Start each week by going to Kinko's and photocopying the relevent sections of the textbook for the upcoming week. Put it all in a single 3-ring binder and then you have the added benefit of being free to mark it up all you want.

You're carrying around 25 pounds of paper when in any given week you're only using 1.

So to deal with the drug problem they force you to put them where they can't look? The obvious answer would be to ban backpacks.

Yeah, but with all the AP's (4) and the college Spanish I'm taking, it feel like I'm not! :D

I just started my Junior year today (which is weird, considering I first joined MousePad when I was in 6th grade :eek: ).

And the Kinko idea is actually really good. Would there be any copyright implications with that?

With the backpack issue, one of the Junior Highs out here now gives each student a clear backpack they are required to use. If you ask me, thats a little overboard, considering I know more than a few girls put stuff in their backpack they wouldn't want other people seeing...

For just your personal use, no not really.

If you have a scanner at home you can also scan and print.

Do you know anyone that is in more than one of your classes? What if you make a deal where they bring the book for one class and you bring it for another. During class you share. My classroom is composed of table-style double desks. With two students each using a book, notebook, pencil box, protractor, etc., it gets crowded. They always share books. As long as they are paying attention to the lesson, I can't complain. Heck, 11-year-olds are great problem solvers.

If your teachers have a problem with sharing, have them supply a few extra books in class. I know on my campus there are always places we find extra books sitting around. Or, have them call me! :fej:

I did that last year, but its really hard for me to do since I'm a fast reader, so I end up sitting around waiting for the other person to finish. It would only work in my Physics class, anyway, since that is the only classroom in a lab (where we have tables rather than individual desks).

The problem with the class sets is that since our school is new, we have all new textbooks, and there are literally none left over. We had the same situation last year, and we did end up getting class sets, but not until March, when the extras for the class below us came in (our class is around 700 people, the class below us is around 950, and the class below them is around 1200).

Do you teach 6th grade? My sister just started it.

Oy

I started my junior year in high school in 1980. I suddenly feel very old.

If it makes you feel better...I could very well be a senior...that would give you an extra year :D