Thanks! smile It's an analogy that came to me one day -- unfortunately, it was brilliantly phrased when it came to me, and then I forgot the rest of it and that's all I have left. Ahh, speaking of memory.

I got DS a binder pouch for every one of his binders this year, and put everything on that teacher's list in each one, so he would not have to worry about needing a pencil or marker that was in his locker or in another binder. Now, at almost the end of the first quarter, I find out that he takes his backpack to every class, and it seems to be hit or miss on the binders.

He has a planner that the school gives every student, and it's had exactly one day of stuff written in it so far.

They have gmail accounts and can share papers with teachers, and it seems to be used sporadically.