Many students and teachers disagree with the requirement of three-inch binder and school planners. I think it’s great that we all have a way to keep our school work organized. Although I can’t speak for everyone, most of us just prefer our own way of organization.

Last year the binder policy was announced before winter break to give students time to purchase them before the beginning of the second semester. However, there was already a petition going around signed by students to get rid of the new policy by the beginning of the second semester. However, it didn’t affect the binder policy.

This year started off with the same controversy: the three-inch binder with an addition of a planner. Planners are not required for students but are encouraged. They’re helpful; not only does the planner contain hall passes for students to get out of class but it has outlines for each specific grade level, listing ways for students to achieve during their high school years. Plus, it has resources that are helpful, for students to succeed in college.

I have owned a planner since middle school, so it’s not a big deal for me to carry one every day. Being in AVID has prepared me to carry a big binder with both days’ worth of work. I didn’t like this format my freshman year, but later I realized that it was actually helpful. Not only did it keep my school work together but whenever I needed something I would have it with me.

At the beginning of the school year many teachers and the administration enforced having both a planner and binder. But half way through the semester, many teachers stopped asking for them.

Whoever created the planner filled with college resources and encouraged the binder, was thinking about our future and the opportunities we can make to succeed. But they didn’t imagine how students would react when they’re not satisfied, when they’re told to change their organization process. Overall, it doesn’t matter how you organize yourself as long as you have something to guide you.