#backpack problems

Basically I’m so used to my backpack being so heavy with textbooks back from high school (I have graduated college at this point and there were almost zero times I brought a textbook to school) it genuinely feels weird when it’s not heavy.

Come read my post about my backpack bay and how it helps my classroom run more smoothly

In a long-ago post, I mentioned that one of my “hills to die on,” so to speak, was about backpacks in my classroom. Unless the school I work at has a no-backpack in class policy (and I did work at such a school that tried this policy one year), I can’t mandate that my students not bring their backpacks to class. That aside, I do have control over the procedures for my room. I used to let my…