当我年龄的时候，孩子们没有巨大的背包。我们根本没有背包。现在似乎所有的孩子都有他们。您看到几乎没有肖尔帕斯（Sherpas）的二年级学生弯腰，在他们的包装的重量下将自己拖到学校的门上。一些孩子的包装在滚筒上，像机场一样将它们拖着像行李一样。我不明白这一点。世界正在数字化；一切都较小，更轻。但是学校的孩子比以往任何时候都承受着更多的体重。
(Kids didn't have huge backpacks when I was their age. We didn't have backpacks at all. Now it seemed all the kids had them. You saw little second-graders bent over like sherpas, dragging themselves through the school doors under the weight of their packs. Some of the kids had their packs on rollers, hauling them like luggage at the airport. I didn't understand any of this. The world was becoming digital; everything was smaller and lighter. But kids at school lugged more weight than ever.)