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Uni Stuff => General University Discussion and Queries => Topic started by: Peter_1993 on January 16, 2012, 08:31:08 pm
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I recently received an offer for an undergraduate of Arts at the University of Melbourne. My problem is; how do I bring textbooks/laptop to and from university? Do students use a backpack anymore?
Also, as an Arts student would a laptop be recommended (I've already got a Macbook Pro and an iPad 2)? I'm an extremely slow writer but an extremely fast touch-typer so a laptop would definitely do me justice! I've heard that not many people use the aid of laptops during lectures though - why is this?.
Do we get a traditional booklist like we did back in high school?
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You don't need to bring books to uni, you don't really need them in any classes. Laptops are optional depending on whether you want to do work at uni. You usually just need to bring stationary and lecture notes/tute notes. Yes uni students use back packs as well..
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^What Hellrocks said, backpacks are common and definitely socially acceptable at uni.
And you can purchase lockers as well to store bags/laptops/whatever in. There's places you can charge your laptop too - if I did Arts I'd bring a laptop along. It's also very useful for Engineering students, especially if you manage to buy/illegally download MATLAB.
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Yep, backpacks and satchels are what I usually see.
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Yep, backpacks and satchels are what I usually see.
Satchels like this? :p
(http://cheesesteakswithbarkley.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/alan-hangover2.jpg)
http://cheesesteakswithbarkley.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/alan-hangover2.jpg
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Dude i plan to take one of those, ill be legen-wait for it...-dary :P
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Don't you get those Melb. / Monash satchels?
I mean, I've got a Monash one for free, and it's
really good.
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Yep, backpacks and satchels are what I usually see.
Satchels like this? :p
(http://cheesesteakswithbarkley.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/alan-hangover2.jpg)
http://cheesesteakswithbarkley.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/alan-hangover2.jpg
It's not a purse, it's european!
Backpacks are the way to go. Also barely if ever bring a textbook unless I plan to study outside of lectures/classes.
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That awkward moment when you have a satchel that looks like that. 8)
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Yep, backpacks and satchels are what I usually see.
Satchels like this? :p
(http://cheesesteakswithbarkley.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/alan-hangover2.jpg)
http://cheesesteakswithbarkley.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/alan-hangover2.jpg
Post of the Year! :)
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I recently received an offer for an undergraduate of Arts at the University of Melbourne. My problem is; how do I bring textbooks/laptop to and from university? Do students use a backpack anymore?
Also, as an Arts student would a laptop be recommended (I've already got a Macbook Pro and an iPad 2)? I'm an extremely slow writer but an extremely fast touch-typer so a laptop would definitely do me justice! I've heard that not many people use the aid of laptops during lectures though - why is this?.
Do we get a traditional booklist like we did back in high school?
It's up to the individual whether they use a laptop or not in the lecture theatre. A lot do, but an equal number use stationary instead. I actually prefer printing the lecture slides out and writing notes on them, then word processing them later on that day. Means you're going through the content twice, and it also means you won't be distracted with Facebook 45 minutes into a two hour lecture (which happened to me almost every single time last year).
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Do we get a traditional booklist like we did back in high school?
Can someone tell me what uni books are like, are there many per subject, do they only last a semester, do they come with CDs and what not
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Do we get a traditional booklist like we did back in high school?
Can someone tell me what uni books are like, are there many per subject, do they only last a semester, do they come with CDs and what not
They're not that organised because there is no set curriculum for uni (barring some disciplines where it's sort of structured I guess). You usually get a booklist of sorts but most of the time the texts on there are barely referred to. It's about making use of many resources and doing it efficiently. Some textbooks have e-versions and some don't. Usually pretty thick and hard to navigate because you have relevant material for one topic running through many chapters. But some subjects are different.
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I dont see many people using laptops, it seems like more trouble than is necessary. Most end up on facebook or angry birds anyway.
Absolutely plenty of people use backpacks, nothing wrong with that at all.
This year i plan to use a messenger bag but i'm already regretting it, realising how much stuff i carry around (long train ride, usually do my work or read the textbook half the time = heavy(dont care)/prone to breaking (already broke 2 backpacks)
All you really need is lecture notes and a pen. For labs/tutes maybe an exercise book/Goggles/Lab coat/Calculator.
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Yep, backpacks and satchels are what I usually see.
Satchels like this? :p
<oversized domineering image>
NO, IT'S A MAN PURSE!
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Most girls opt for satchels or giant handbags. Guys use backpacks or satchels.
If you want to bring a laptop, then bring a laptop. Just try not to let it distract you... everyone sitting behind you in a lecture hall doesn't want to see you play solitaire for an hour.
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personally im not a big fan of satchels, they are more of a fashion thing than practical. They are really bad for your back if you are carrying heaps of stuff or something heavy like a laptop. Also this might be just me but they seriously do not sit that well when they are full! I find they swing around and constantly thump into your back when you are walking and never seem to sit quite right... maybe that s just fashion backwards me xD
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That awkward moment when you have a satchel that looks like that. 8)
The awkward when you read "moment" in your head just then :).
On topic, I have one of those free Uni Melb satchels and I use it from time to time.
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personally im not a big fan of satchels, they are more of a fashion thing than practical. They are really bad for your back if you are carrying heaps of stuff or something heavy like a laptop. Also this might be just me but they seriously do not sit that well when they are full! I find they swing around and constantly thump into your back when you are walking and never seem to sit quite right... maybe that s just fashion backwards me xD
agree
if you're lugging around plenty of books/laptop etc.. a backpack is a good way to go, especially for your back + shoulders (may start hurting otherwise), not to mention it may screw up your posture
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I recently received an offer for an undergraduate of Arts at the University of Melbourne. My problem is; how do I bring textbooks/laptop to and from university? Do students use a backpack anymore?
Also, as an Arts student would a laptop be recommended (I've already got a Macbook Pro and an iPad 2)? I'm an extremely slow writer but an extremely fast touch-typer so a laptop would definitely do me justice! I've heard that not many people use the aid of laptops during lectures though - why is this?.
Do we get a traditional booklist like we did back in high school?
It seems MBP and iPad are the preferred technology for Arts kids.
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Apple are smart and give university kids 10% off / a free iPod if they buy a macbook
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may be a silly question.. but what are the purposes of macbook/ipad in uni?
do students use technology purely to replace traditional pen and paper to write notes?
and i understand that textbooks aren't compulsory so do people just use digital files as references or something during lectures?
please elaborate.
i'm technologically inept but i have the chance to buy an ipad (late christmas/study score congratulatory present) for uni, is this recommended?
oh. and sorry for threadjacking, but there's a lot of uni people on this thread now.
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Macbook's to my knowledge are quite light, as are Ipads. Idk, if you would use a backpack (maybe a small one) or you could use those shoulder-strap bags...
Idk, I'm a handbag girl. My friend takes a luggage bag to school....but thats her, and it has wheels too!. But in VCE we use the textbooks. :D
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Using a Man Bag.
Seriously though most of the stuff in my bag isn't really required for lectures anyways. Besides my tiny pencil case and probably soome lecture notes I'll probably just have a water bottle, packet of cards, tissues and mint or something...
Don't think a Macbook is needed yet. I'll see after a few months of uni and besides, Apple is spectated to release a new Macbook Air later this year with the coming of Ivy Bridge and their new technology of reducing the battery size so we may not only see faster macbooks but thinner or ones with more battery life :P
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I use a giant hipster backpack from urban outfitters. going to be driving to uni from now on though, so I won't need something so big ;D
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also $2k man bag
http://www.louisvuitton.com/front/#/eng_US/Collections/Men/Mens-Bags/products/Roman-MM-TAIGA-M32623
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If you're spending $2k on a bag from Louis Vuitton of all the places in the world you could buy a bag, you're doing it wrong.
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Hey I want a free Uni Melb satchel! ;D Where do I get one? O-week or AAD?
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may be a silly question.. but what are the purposes of macbook/ipad in uni?
do students use technology purely to replace traditional pen and paper to write notes?
and i understand that textbooks aren't compulsory so do people just use digital files as references or something during lectures?
please elaborate.
i'm technologically inept but i have the chance to buy an ipad (late christmas/study score congratulatory present) for uni, is this recommended?
oh. and sorry for threadjacking, but there's a lot of uni people on this thread now.
I think most people just use them to type up notes from lectes/check facebook/play angry birds in lectures. They don't do all that much regular computers can't do or that you really need to do. On the very odd occasion its been nice to be able to grab someones laptop to look up something in a lab but besides that they're not as useful as you might think. Most of the time i've just spent watching the guy in front of me fail in angry birds during a lecture.
I guess if you wanted to type up an assignment or something during your break but there are plenty of computers around Monash. (Bit hard to find one during peak times but during most times its ok).
Great quote by the way, had it up on my wall for awhile.
Edit: Oh, if you have the opportunity to get one anyway, why not? Unless you can change it over for something you want/need more.
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also $2k man bag
http://www.louisvuitton.com/front/#/eng_US/Collections/Men/Mens-Bags/products/Roman-MM-TAIGA-M32623
Waste of money.
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also $2k man bag
http://www.louisvuitton.com/front/#/eng_US/Collections/Men/Mens-Bags/products/Roman-MM-TAIGA-M32623
Waste of money.
Not if you can get it for $10 :D
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also $2k man bag
http://www.louisvuitton.com/front/#/eng_US/Collections/Men/Mens-Bags/products/Roman-MM-TAIGA-M32623
Waste of money.
Not if you can get it for $10 :D
Then it's not Louis Vuitton. It's like Louise Vuttoon.
Also it's not a waste of money, if you like bags. Waste is subjective.
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Yeah, I'll be enrolling in my course soon so what is it like in first year? I hear that it's intense but ironically people waste time on facebook msn or whatever. I couldn't picture myself wasting time on that sort of crap.
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Yeah, I'll be enrolling in my course soon so what is it like in first year? I hear that it's intense but ironically people waste time on facebook msn or whatever. I couldn't picture myself wasting time on that sort of crap.
The first couple of weeks will be amazing, then everything just goes downhill afterwards. You'll start complaining about travelling, sleep in lectures or not show up at all and start cramming for exams like everyone else.
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Are lockers recommended? I don't mind spending the money. :P
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Also it's not a waste of money, if you like bags. Waste is subjective.
Assume that it costs $2,000. Compare that to what you could spend on a decent bag ($200-300) and then minus it from the total you could have spent. We have $1,700-1,800 that could have been spent on rent, food, clothes, social gatherings and what not. It is not an essential item; it would be frivolous spending what nobody will bat an eyelid at and will perform the same function with relatively the same quality.
For most uni students, I think it would be considered a waste by many. Ad populum aside.
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Dude i plan to take one of those, ill be legen-wait for it...-dary :P
Epic Barney reference is epic.
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I do not get how people can use iPads in LECTURES. I struggle sometimes using my macbook and I type insanely fast.... using a tablet seems incredibly inconvenient/slow.
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Also it's not a waste of money, if you like bags. Waste is subjective.
Assume that it costs $2,000. Compare that to what you could spend on a decent bag ($200-300) and then minus it from the total you could have spent. We have $1,700-1,800 that could have been spent on rent, food, clothes, social gatherings and what not. It is not an essential item; it would be frivolous spending what nobody will bat an eyelid at and will perform the same function with relatively the same quality.
For most uni students, I think it would be considered a waste by many. Ad populum aside.
those people don't consider it a waste. Also remember girls dress for other girls more than for boys. Many will notice the bag.
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those people don't consider it a waste. Also remember girls dress for other girls more than for boys. Many will notice the bag.
I think the majority would though. Yeah, that is true about girls dressing for other girls lol I, personally, would not notice it.
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Seriously, its a bag for a guy.
$2,000 really?
I'm actually going to use my Monash
satchel, really good quality for free.
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Monash satchel? What's that?
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Just to make it clear I don't actually own a $2000 LV Men's Designer Bag and neither did I buy the fake one for $10 I saw in Vietnam (which was so obviously fake with its crappy material and the label was stuck on badly).
Though I do own a designer bag...
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It's made of Taiga leather :) (the 2 thouso lv bag)
Monash Satchel isn't bad, uni isn't really the fashion police. Some people like to dress nicely everyday but I'm reppin shorts, singlet, and thongs from day 1.
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may be a silly question.. but what are the purposes of macbook/ipad in uni?
do students use technology purely to replace traditional pen and paper to write notes?
and i understand that textbooks aren't compulsory so do people just use digital files as references or something during lectures?
please elaborate.
i'm technologically inept but i have the chance to buy an ipad (late christmas/study score congratulatory present) for uni, is this recommended?
oh. and sorry for threadjacking, but there's a lot of uni people on this thread now.
I think most people just use them to type up notes from lectes/check facebook/play angry birds in lectures. They don't do all that much regular computers can't do or that you really need to do. On the very odd occasion its been nice to be able to grab someones laptop to look up something in a lab but besides that they're not as useful as you might think. Most of the time i've just spent watching the guy in front of me fail in angry birds during a lecture.
I guess if you wanted to type up an assignment or something during your break but there are plenty of computers around Monash. (Bit hard to find one during peak times but during most times its ok).
Great quote by the way, had it up on my wall for awhile.
Edit: Oh, if you have the opportunity to get one anyway, why not? Unless you can change it over for something you want/need more.
i was originally thinking of declining the offer because i've heard that an ipad doesn't make a huge impact on studying/convenience in lectures and also i prefer the traditional way of taking notes. i shall reconsider though, because i like studying in the library and it would be useful to have a digital copy of a textbook without having to lug a huge laptop around, and convenient internet access of course. thanks for your feedback.
@taiga, i thought 'taiga' was russian for 'forest'.
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rockin' this bad boy. parents got it me it as a graduation gift
http://au.burberry.com/store/mens-accessories/bags/exotic-bags/prod-37975621-alligator-leather-briefcase/
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rockin' this bad boy. parents got it me it as a graduation gift
http://au.burberry.com/store/mens-accessories/bags/exotic-bags/prod-37975621-alligator-leather-briefcase/
That is one sexy bag.
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Monash satchel? What's that?
That.
(http://www.sport.monash.edu/assets/images/IMG_9496500px_000.JPG)
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I would use a dictaphone for lectures, an Ipad? Srsly they're just a toy. Traditional notepad and pen would do me maybe if I can write a bit faster. I'm under the impression that uni will be easier if it's something you love, right?
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I couldn't picture myself wasting time on that sort of crap.
I give it 3 weeks into semester.
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I feel really self-conscious if I have an ugly bag. I notice other people's so why wouldn't they notice mine? haha
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Most guys don't care / notice.
Probably only the girls would notice the
trends.
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I would use a dictaphone for lectures, an Ipad? Srsly they're just a toy. Traditional notepad and pen would do me maybe if I can write a bit faster. I'm under the impression that uni will be easier if it's something you love, right?
Uni is much easier, mainly because no one is aiming to get 100% anymore.
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Most guys don't care / notice.
Probably only the girls would notice the
trends.
100% agree with you
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Most guys don't care / notice.
Probably only the girls would notice the
trends.
you write in free form poetry.
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I hope you don't get picked for dressing like a dag at uni, I suppose people wouldn't care. I thought that the CAE seemed a bit snobby.
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Hey People. Its called a COUNTRY ROAD BAG. My friends bought me one in Yr. 8 which I still use, problem free. When I go overseas, I use it as my hand luggage bag (and it always gets stopped at the security gates because my mum stuffs stupid shit into it like carrot graters) It might be a little hard to pack a laptop AND textooks into it, but either on its own should be fine. I know all the hype about having one was soooo Yr. 8, but still, they work and are useful for anyone who ceebs trying to find another bag that is just as big. And Sportgirl and Supre version do not count LOL
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country road bags are SO uncomfortable, I wouldn't recommend anyone get them tbh, plus they look so ugly with heaps of textbooks because they go a weird shape. Plus they're just not cool anymore. HAHA.
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country road bags are SO uncomfortable, I wouldn't recommend anyone get them tbh, plus they look so ugly with heaps of textbooks because they go a weird shape. Plus they're just not cool anymore. HAHA.
Only get one if you want to look like a year 7 or 8 private-school kid trying to fit in with teh kool kidz. Compulsory messy, high ponytail, short uniform and t-bars to match.
EDIT: To be a bit less condescending, let's look at this from a practical angle: a high shoulder bag is terrible for ergonomics, the weight pulls up your centre of gravity and skews your balance of weight to one side. Plus, they're all well and good for school kids, but I don't think a bag that big is necessary for uni, especially cos you'll probably be lugging it around for much of the day, whereas in school you could stow it away in a locker for most of the day.
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country road bags are SO uncomfortable, I wouldn't recommend anyone get them tbh, plus they look so ugly with heaps of textbooks because they go a weird shape. Plus they're just not cool anymore. HAHA.
Agreed! Whenever I had to carry a heap of textbooks, it was just painful. Occasionally the handles would leave red marks on my shoulder due to the weight. I'll be using a crossbody satchel for uni; if it's ever necessary to bring any large textbooks I'll just bring a separate tote or something.
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Glad to say, that I resisted the temptation to buy a country road bag in yr 7-8. Yea, they looked SO COOL THEN. But honestly they are just a piece of sloth sown up. THAT AND IT COSTED $60.
I retreated to ebay, and bought myself a big black leather tote bag, yea it was from hong-kong, but it does the same thing, and I only had to pay the very asian price of $20.
hehee:)
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it was just painful.
Seriously wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy.
And also, whenever the bag was really unpleasantly heavy, strands of hair tend to get stuck in between/beneath those nasty, rough Country Road handles and it would be a pain to free the hair out. #firstworldproblems
Glad to say, that I resisted the temptation to buy a country road bag in yr 7-8.
hehee:)
Beast. Wish I had your willpower. I just HAD to get the obnoxious pink one at that too. :P Salvo's is happy now.
Anywhooo, why are people bringing such large bags to uni? I thought textbooks weren't compulsory, unless you're planning to do a bit of studying in between breaks, which you can use a digital file anyway?
For me, I think a light leather satchel will suffice.
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I approve of the light leather satchel sentiment. It's light enough to be convenient, big enough to be useful, and aesthetically awesome enough to get you style points. The only problem is cost...*spent $300 today buying a new one - old one lasted me for years and years though!*
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yea it was from hong-kong
Country Road bag probably is too anyway, lol.
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hahahahahahahaha; use a satchel
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I'll be using a backpack, I could do with a bigger one though
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Backpack. Always.
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Tru dat about the hair getting stuck under the handles D: D:. How people actually used those bags during year 12 when you needed to carry text books I will never know. I bought a $70 school bag just for year 12 hahah.
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On the first day of school, I think I will need a luggage wheelie bag.
Thats how mcuh stuff I've got
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I bought a small Caribee backpack for $35 (small enough to pass the SLV bag check) for uni, I'm assuming we won't need to take textbooks to uni ever, just notes/paper/pens