Heavy Bags Caught My Attention.

Have you ever had the moment whenever you're away from the keyboard,you'd have thousand of things to pour but once you're staring at the screen,there will be none left,in a blink?


Here I am,staring at the screen in the middle of the night after 2 hours of attempt to sleep.Sigh.This is home,should have been easier to simply shut my eyelids.The blame goes to the coffee that I had earlier this evening.


The first place I went once I reach K-Town was the dental clinic.I am turning to be a faithful patient for the last one year.I was a little bit earlier for the appointment and the weather was extremely fine until I even had to wait in the car to satisfy myself with the perk of the air-cond.I was caught up with the tense of the examinations until I even forgot it was no longer holiday for the school attendants.


There were few students with the school uniform passing by the clinic.I can't help but to notice the...


bags they were carrying around.


Those children were carrying their school bags as if there were bricks and stones they had to carry all around during the school hour. If I were to have pictures to show you,these would be the perfect resemblance:

I mean like, come on. Those bags are way heavier than their own weights. I used to have this kind of problem when I was in school. And I used to be the kind of who doesn't really enjoy sharing books.I always double check my school bag the night before to ensure all the books for each subject arranged accordingly, even most of the time the teachers were not even using  some of them.Now to remind that again,how blindly obedient I was.


Well, after almost more than 10 years since I left my primary school days, I thought things would have change.Even a bit or two.Brokenheartedly, it seems like it is as it always was.


I find it a burden to even watch them carrying around those heavy bags.Most of the schools nowadays had only one session,it's either in the morning or the afternoon.Why can't let them put the books in the drawer?All they have to do is just to bring the books needed for homework purposes (as it was a never ending story in school days!) back and forth. Even if the school has  the two sessions system, there should be budget allocated for the build of locker for each class for the students to store their books.


It's a burden when you have to wake up early in the morning,hurry breakfast,carrying heavy bag trying to catch the bus before it leaves you,what more during rainy days. Heavy bags cause you an arse back pain.


"Wearing a backpack on one shoulder can also cause the child to lean to one side to compensate for the extra weight resulting in an asymmetrical spine, back pain, and a strained shoulder and neck. In severe cases, children can develop a condition called "scapular winging," when the nerve that supplies the shoulder muscle becomes pinched, causing paralysis.


-The Times-"




Even the body posture would be deteriorated.I suffered one,hence I was speaking by experience. My mother used to remind me when I was small, "Please sit properly or else you'll end up like Hunchback of Notre Dame".Grrrr.That's scary.


Like seriously, they are having for like what, 6 or 7 subjects per day and 3 or 4 books for each subject.Now imagine that were to happen in the college/university.No more poise and macho fella and young girls around as the books are heavier problem to think about.


I guess it's about time.No more heavy brick and stone bags hanging on the back of the primary school children.There must be a way or two to solve this.I though the children are the voices of tomorrow that we eager to protect from getting hurt?


ps: If you notice, my major concern was the primary school students.Just because I'd always like to think that  those  'abang & kakak sekolah menengah' are rebellious in nature.So, they would just either place their schoolbooks (or sometimes not just the schoolbooks,even magazines!) in the desk drawer or simply leave them at home,couldn't care less about anything.


Somehow,they know not to place themselves with encumbrances.Unlike the kids, whatever being told to them,they'd obey it without asking of its rationale.


Just imagine this:


Teacher:Esok cikgu nak semua bawa gam,kertas warna dan gunting ke sekolah.Nak buat kolaj.Siapa tak bawa esok, cikgu denda.


Primary school students' monologue: Balik rumah kena suruh abah beli kertas warna.Kalau tak nanti cikgu cubit perut.Takpun kena pulas telinga.


while if the same situation happen at the secondary school,


Secondary school students' monologue: Bawak kertas A4 sudah.Putih pun warna juga.




Till then,
Have a pleasure reading.


:)