"Janet" > wrote in message
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> In article >, says...
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>> Right. No books and not sad at all. They have to lug enough stuff home.
>> As it is, some backpacks weigh 40-50 pounds. Books would add even more
>> weight!
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> So do tell what she's carrying that isn't books yet weighs 40 to 50
> lbs.
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I told you. Notebooks, various kinds of paper, pens, pencils, Sharpies,
colored pencils, a special ruler, special calculator (forgot that), student
planner, water, lunch, a book to read (that I purchased) or she could have
an Ereader if she chooses, a flash drive, probably some other things that I
don't know about.
> You already told us each class lasts almost an hour; so each school day
> has a max of 7 classes. 7 notebooks do not weigh 40 to 50 lbs.
Nope. 6 classes. I did not say that *her* backpack weighs that much. I
haven't actually weighed it but I can barely pick it up. I don't know how
she puts it on her back. And notebooks filled with paper, do weigh a lot.
She has the sturdy kind, about 3" thick. She has to have the largest
backpack we can find. She is not alone. The other kids have the same.
However, I have seen figures on how much the average student's backpack can
weigh. And that is the average that I have seen. One of her Dr. said the
same. Said that she hated them and wanted her to get a rolling one but not
feasible given all the stairs that they have at the school. And in
elementary school they were not allowed as they were too hard to get up and
down the bus steps.