pet peeve of mine riles parents of students

[Michael Eisenstadt]

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!