Laptop Bags.

            Recently, the manufacturers of the school-used laptops said that the laptops won’t break as much as they used to. Also, now, we are unable to use our laptop bags. It is axiomatic that 99% of the students would not want to cooperate with this rule for many logical reasons.

In many classes, students are required to use a pencil or book for their class. On the laptop cases, there are multiple places to put pencils and the  charging cord the laptop. Because there are some students that do not have pencil cases, they use the laptop bag so they don’t lose the pencils, the cord, or any other items. Having to use the handle for the laptop instead of the bag is a complete waste of the bag when students can be using it for materials they need for class.

Band and French are located in the high school, so for the people in those classes, they need to bring materials necessary for their next class due to the facts that they do not have enough time to get back to their lockers and arrive punctually at their next class in time. They also might be carrying their materials from the class before, so there are high  probability that they are carrying a lot of books and other materials, and if in band, their instrument. Therefore,  you have a lot to carry around the school. If we are required to carry our laptop around with the handle, it’s hard to carry everything because it’s heavy and awkward and you need a lot more than hands to get away with carrying all your materials. Being able to use the shoulder strap with the laptop bag gives an extra hand to carry your supplies, making it a much easier.

Most importantly, carrying the laptop with your hands is not the best choice for some people. If a student is, for lack of better term, clumsy, or “butterfingers”, it would not help the fact that they have to carry all their supplies and carry your $600 laptop with your hands. Tripping on air is common for 7^th and 8^th graders. The bag has more protection than just letting it hit the ground. Or, while switching classes, you bump into a another student and your laptop might get bumped so hard, it results in letting go of it, making it hit the ground and ruining the expensive piece of equipment.

As stated previously, we are always carrying around a lot of supplies for our classes. If that is the case how are we going to put a charger into that pile and still be expected to carry it? Having the bag saves you much room to carry your materials to and from your classes, especially having a place for your charger at all times.

Removing the laptop bag from our school supply inventory creates a haven for disasters when carrying supplies, especially the expensive laptop. The school promotes safety when using the laptops, and taking away the bag is basically saying that they want you to drop the laptop. A contradiction only makes for more confusion, which helps on one while learning. Which is why I believe we should be able to use our laptop bags.