What do you carry in your backpack?

iliel · Jul 1, 2003

hum, good question. I put deodorant in mine. Hey, Vegas gets hot in the summer! :)

Other than that, pretty much everything you do!

Nurse2bSandy · Jul 1, 2003

I usually have some protein bars and I keep a baggy filled with different tea bags and those coffee bags. I'm cheap but I'm into caffeine... I take a cup and get hot water free.

TheSquid · Jul 1, 2003

I just keep books and stuff... regular stuff. Every once in a while Ill stick some food in there from home because I am a starving college student. lol.

Berta · Jul 1, 2003

10 or so pens, highlighters,pencils, etc. Way more than I'll ever need. Anyone got a rolling backback? I am thinking about getting one. I have a ton of books this coming fall. Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks, Berta

PJMommy · Jul 1, 2003

Fun topic! Besides the usual books and pens, etc. - I always have lotion, hair clips, Advil, multi-vitamins, my penlight, an emergency tampon, a spare protein bar, a small book of Bible verses, my day planner, Altoids and a calculator.

I thought about getting a rolling backpack but never got around to it. I've started taking the bare minimum to class -- i.e. not taking the entire 2 inch binder when I can get by with a few sheets in a folder, etc. In fact, I rarely take my textbooks to class because the instructors don't refer to them during lecture. However, I always take my Drug Guide and try to throw in my pocket Nursing Diagnoses book.

PowerPuffGirl · Jul 1, 2003

In addition to books, pens, highlighters, etc:

- a baggie of teabags and splenda packages

- some granola bars or peanutbutter crackers

- copy of the student conduct code (you never know!)

- copy of the nursing school's student handbook

- a little nurse doll figurine (given to me for good luck!)

- tin of breath mints

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of!

Gator,SN · Jul 1, 2003

There were always a few things that I didn't carry and had to borrow from someone else....

1. white out.... I'd make a mistake and had no way to fix it.

2. Index cards......every now and then the prof would say "you'll see this again"

3. ADVIL....for obvious reasons.

4. #2 pencils, for exams.

5. Gum

6. change for the soda machines

it will also help if someone gets a phone chain started during the first week of class, so you can ask someone for notes if you cannot make it to class.

Good luck and enjoy!

Gator

fnimat1 · Jul 1, 2003

Besides the usual, books, folders, pens/pencils and highlighters...I carry an extra hat, scarf and gloves during the winter. An extra pair of glasses, extra money, a book that I'm currently reading (just to break the monotony of school work), and my Jill Scott and India.Arie's cd's & my cd player...lol....ummm..let's see...oh...plenty of cocoa butter or shea butter lotion...I can't stand havng ashy hands...lol.

Fatima

AmyLiz · Jul 1, 2003

Books & notebooks...obviously.

2 pens

1 mechanical pencil

1 mechanical eraser

calculator

travel-size package of kleenex

class schedule

bag of twizzlers (that tradition started in my first class - chemistry - my lab partner would bring us Twizzlers to eat during lecture. I got an A, so call is superstition if you will...but whatever works! - besides, they're low fat. :roll )

bottle of water

Hooligan · Jul 1, 2003

When I cleaned out my backpack after last semester here's what I found besides my books...

Are you ready....Here it goes....

Index (Flash) Cards (a couple hundred of them at least from last A&P test)

Cough Drops

Mini Stapler

Staples (For Refills)

Binder clips

Paper clips

3 Highlighters (Pink, Green & Yellow)

Lots of Crumbs

My Pocket PC

My Pocket PC's Keyboard

Pens

Pencils

Erasers

Pony Tail Holders

Hair Brush

Cell Phone

Rubber Bands

Chewing Gum

Phone numbers written on scraps of paper and thrown in the bag (Hubby just rolls his eyes and asks me why he bothered to get me my pocket PC )

Name tag from last semester's CNA Class

Sun glasses

Advil

Tums

And I think that's about it....

And to think...it starts out almost empty at the beginning of each semester...

~Bean

Jen2 · Jul 1, 2003

I think I'll be adding deoderant to my backpack as well as advil. Getting alot of good ideas here