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Post by krcrafts on Apr 22, 2017 17:37:03 GMT
My future son-in-law is graduating from college next month and will be a high school history teacher. I'd like to get him something to use for teaching and then we will most likely also give him money. I was thinking along the lines of a briefcase, but realized that I dont even know what male teachers use to carry all of their papers and supplies. He's 23, so do they use backpacks or what? lol Any suggestions? And if you have another idea, I'm open.
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Post by ellen on Apr 22, 2017 17:39:33 GMT
I have a male colleague that uses a briefcase. Another one uses a messenger bag. I haven't noticed what my other male colleagues use.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 22, 2017 17:50:40 GMT
I worked in an elementary school and a large(ish) messenger bag is what the males used. It has to be large enough to carry a big stack of papers and probably a text book (or laptop). Backpacks work too, but they are often more narrow and squish papers in larger amounts. Also, a gift card to Staples or another supply store once he finds out what his school will provide. As a high school teacher, he will also need a good supply of extra pencils. I swear, kids cannot keep track of a pencil for 50 minutes. I was just observing in a high school classroom where the teacher loaned out pencils to the kids in exchange for something of value that they had on them. A giant ninth grader came up and gave his teacher his sweat pants for the pencil. Funny, perhaps a little gross, but she got her pencil back at the end of class.
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Post by krcrafts on Apr 22, 2017 17:53:04 GMT
I have a male colleague that uses a briefcase. Another one uses a messenger bag. I haven't noticed what my other male colleagues use. Messenger bag! I can see him using that. Thanks! |
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Post by krcrafts on Apr 22, 2017 17:54:04 GMT
I worked in an elementary school and a large(ish) messenger bag is what the males used. It has to be large enough to carry a big stack of papers and probably a text book (or laptop). Backpacks work too, but they are often more narrow and squish papers in larger amounts. Also, a gift card to Staples or another supply store once he finds out what his school will provide. As a high school teacher, he will also need a good supply of extra pencils. I swear, kids cannot keep track of a pencil for 50 minutes. I was just observing in a high school classroom where the teacher loaned out pencils to the kids in exchange for something of value that they had on them. A giant ninth grader came up and gave his teacher his sweat pants for the pencil. Funny, perhaps a little gross, but she got her pencil back at the end of class. I really appreciate all of this info. I'm going to look for a messenger bag and make sure he has pencils. lol |
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Post by myshelly on Apr 22, 2017 17:55:26 GMT
DH is a teacher and the thing he has to take back and forth to school most often is his laptop.
So my suggestion is to make sure whatever you buy has a laptop compartment.
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Post by krcrafts on Apr 22, 2017 18:00:04 GMT
DH is a teacher and the thing he has to take back and forth to school most often is his laptop. So my suggestion is to make sure whatever you buy has a laptop compartment. Great suggestion. Thanks! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 18:46:34 GMT
I work in higher ed so a little different. But most of the men (faculty and staff) seem to prefer a leather messenger style bag that will hold laptops and about a ream of paper (books or papers to be graded)
Administrators are more apt to carry a briefcase and back packs look to much like a student.
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Post by peasquared on Apr 22, 2017 19:10:28 GMT
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Post by krcrafts on Apr 22, 2017 19:15:40 GMT
I work in higher ed so a little different. But most of the men (faculty and staff) seem to prefer a leather messenger style bag that will hold laptops and about a ream of paper (books or papers to be graded) Administrators are more apt to carry a briefcase and back packs look to much like a student. I think a messenger bag will be perfect for him. And he looks young, so he's going to look like a student regardless, so I agree that a backpack isn't the right choice. haha |
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Post by krcrafts on Apr 22, 2017 19:16:11 GMT
That's a really nice one. Thanks for the link. |
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Post by missymarlin on Apr 22, 2017 19:45:50 GMT
My future son-in-law is graduating from college next month and will be a high school history teacher. I'd like to get him something to use for teaching and then we will most likely also give him money. I was thinking along the lines of a briefcase, but realized that I dont even know what male teachers use to carry all of their papers and supplies. He's 23, so do they use backpacks or what? lol Any suggestions? And if you have another idea, I'm open. When my niece started teaching, I ordered 120 personalized pencils that said: "Property of Mrs. Williams" and others that said: "Please return to Mrs Williams". They came in a choice all sorts of great patterns and graphics. She loved them. |
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Post by SabrinaP on Apr 22, 2017 19:49:10 GMT
My DH has always used a messenger bag, and definitely make sure it has a laptop compartment.
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Post by hop2 on Apr 22, 2017 20:01:39 GMT
Congratulations to him on graduating! Lots of hard work to be proud of.
I would also recommend a messenger bag as others have said.
And a tip the best thing my kids history teacher did was assign as either extra credit or instead of other assignments a trip to historical sites that tied into what they were learning. Being in NJ so much 'history' is within 1 hour so it was easy.
I learned stuff and I thought I knew my history pretty well. Lol
At holiday break time he sent them to washington's crossing and the barracks. The people at the historical parks know what they are doing so they specifically noted to DS 'at your age you would have been with him.' Or hey did you just come from washington's crossing? Well boys your age marched from there to here in the middle of the night most had rags on their feet because they had no boots' Etc etc
The people really brought history to the visitors age or circumstance
So that's my suggestion to a HS history teacher is to 'encourage' any way you can, kids to actually visit local history. ( wasn't allowed to be mandatory here ) because we learned a lot and it made history real and helped it make sense to my kids.
Sorry for the high jack
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Post by krcrafts on Apr 22, 2017 20:16:59 GMT
Congratulations to him on graduating! Lots of hard work to be proud of. I would also recommend a messenger bag as others have said. And a tip the best thing my kids history teacher did was assign as either extra credit or instead of other assignments a trip to historical sites that tied into what they were learning. Being in NJ so much 'history' is within 1 hour so it was easy. I learned stuff and I thought I knew my history pretty well. Lol At holiday break time he sent them to washington's crossing and the barracks. The people at the historical parks know what they are doing so they specifically noted to DS 'at your age you would have been with him.' Or hey did you just come from washington's crossing? Well boys your age marched from there to here in the middle of the night most had rags on their feet because they had no boots' Etc etc The people really brought history to the visitors age or circumstance So that's my suggestion to a HS history teacher is to 'encourage' any way you can, kids to actually visit local history. ( wasn't allowed to be mandatory here ) because we learned a lot and it made history real and helped it make sense to my kids. Sorry for the high jack Funny that you say that because we live in Virginia and he works at a history foundation, so I bet he will do that. It's a great idea! |
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Post by supersoda on Apr 22, 2017 20:26:08 GMT
When my teacher brother graduated, what he wanted and needed were supplies for his class, so I sent him a GC to a teacher supply store.
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