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[Fontaine Maverick]

Here's something that may make this all moot:
http://www.humanismus.com/publications/SektionIV/sld005.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele@ando.pair.com>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: pet peeve of mine riles parents of students


> Jon Ford wrote:
>
> > Anyway, what's wrong with carrying a giant backback around? If you heft
it
> > right, and shift it a bit up and down as you stride along, it builds
back
> > and shoulder muscles, so it's like getting a workout for free.
>
> quote from the article:
>
> > On the first day of school last fall, Beth's mother, Carrie Anderson,
> > weighed Beth's pack at 28 pounds, about 10 pounds heavier than the 15
> > percent of a child's body weight that orthopedists offer as a guideline.
>
> > Ms. Anderson and other parents began to press authorities to act.
> > Meanwhile, Ms. Hale's son Joel, who says he rides his bicycle to
> > school each day carrying 42 pounds of books,...
>
> as i have been told, mr. ford is 6'6" tall. so it's no skin off his
> ass pour ainsi dire as regards heavy backpacks seeing as he is involved
> in the racket of bulking up and dumbing down new editions of textbooks.
> its money in the bank and he couldnt care less. what a guy!
>