Funny Story 101: Kids backpacks in high school

    What would high school life look like?

What would high school life look like? This is a familiar question raise by a freshmen high school student.

They say high school years are the best and unforgettable school years in students life. It is in this age that you start to see the world in different perspective and dimension. You would discover various feelings and emotions not to mention the diverse personalities of the students you meet in the school corridor.

Together with this new life transition, your taste and preference for school stuffs also changes. School bags, for instance, high school student definitely leave the Spiderman backpacks in the basement and say hello to a plain design ergonometric bags.

School backpacks today serves not just to carry school stuffs but also a reflection of someone’s personality, style and fashion.

Secretive or a “leave me alone” students always preferred a plain or solid color backpacks designed. The geek or the “I am the next Einstein” dude chooses large backpacks for their reference books plus the other stuffs that normal people don’t know. The “cool dude”, however, prefers flashy and attention getter designs backpacks to accent their baggy jeans-style. Sometimes, these “cool dude” high school students borrowed a trend from smaller kid’s bags, carrying Batman and Spiderman designed school bags roaming around the school premise.

In fact in Southridge High School, many middle and high school students adopt the trend of wearing mini plastic kids backpacks. The most popular characters include Dora the Explorer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bob the Builder, Spider-Man and other comic book heroes.

This trend among high school students were believe to originate from unusual fascination of young children and even high school students to cartoon shows. Maybe also, it could be a result of rebellious impulse and the drive to be different attitude, which are common behaviors among the teens today.