Heavy Bookbags Killing Backs

What do students think about heavy book bags? Scholastic Choice magazine (August 2002 edition) said that ? 70% of high school students suffer from back problems due to overweight book bags. Exactly what causes these bags to be overweight? Heavy books that students carry around all day and rarely use. Sometimes it seems books are too big for the classes that don?t use them frequently. These books just sit in students book bags, adding to the weight …

…cause students to stretch to reach the handle because it is so low on the ground. Another disadvantage is that the hallways are crowded, where students could trip over other students book bags while rushing to their next class. It is a proven fact that the weight of book bags can injure students? spines. The spine is very important, and one injury from carrying around a few useless books could damage a back for years.