Reason #1: “There aren’t any holes punched in my handouts!” Most students have the same reasons for not maintaining their binders regularly, and many of these obstacles are easy to troubleshoot! Here are the top 3 reasons our students struggle with binder upkeep, along with some simple fixes to keep those papers in check:
The trick? Prevention: avoid the mass of papers in the first place. Unfortunately this is also when the project of binder maintenance is most daunting for our students. But there is a tipping point when a handful of loose papers becomes a mound of crumpled ones: this is when important notes start to disappear and assignments are forgotten. Students are busier now than ever there’s always something else that feels more pressing. There are all sorts of reasons why the binder falls into disuse, and they aren’t all that different from the reasons why our sweaters pile up in the back of the closet.
ONE BIG BINFER OR TWO SMALL ONES FULL
Torn down the spine, fraying at the top, splitting at the bottoms of the pockets-and of course, bursting full of equally torn, fraying worksheets, handouts, and notes-the poor folder looked exhausted! What happened to the shining beacon of hope that was his binder? He carries it on his back all the time, but I can tell it rarely sees the light of day. I had to laugh when I caught a glimpse of my middle school student’s homework folder peeking out of his bag. They don’t call it “spring” cleaning for nothing.
Now is the time of year when things start to accumulate: sweaters on the closet floor, pollen on the windshield, and for our students, papers in the backpack. By Gillian Knoll, Thinking Organized Tutor
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