Trolley Or Backpack?

Having his catered food at the school canteen

The boy's classroom for next year will be on the top floor of the school 3-storey building.  Just imagine he has to drag his heavy schoolbag up and down the flights of staircase everyday. :(  On his report card day, I did briefly asked his class teacher for ideas.  She suggested a back pack and a hand-carry bag but my boy insisted he should have a trolley bag instead.  The previous Ben 10 trolley bag that we bought early this year has seen better days with holes and tears everywhere after one year usage, but then his classroom was on ground floor, more gentle handling and that probably explains its "longer" lifespan.  I heard from some mothers that their kids' school bags had to be replaced every few months due to wear and tear eventhough they're from reputable brands like Swan. *scary*

He is placed in one of the two elite classes (more hair pulling moments for the mommy) where the top 100 of the whole standard will be mixed and equally divided and that literally means they will have 50 pupils each in these two classes.  Not too sure though if they will shrink the number of classes as the average size for each class in primary 1 was only 40-42 with 9 classes.  The rest of the classes will be a mix of fairly strong and weaker pupils.  It's good that they mix the students and not grouped according to academic performance for these classes where the stronger can help the weaker ones.  And also many thanks to all of you who shared your views on class streaming in my previous post entry.  I really appreciated it.

Back to the choice of school bag for next year,  trolley bag or backpack + 1 handcarry bag? Hmmmm..