[nguoi]

That's a poor comparison though. Both of the others provide other benefits: a method of commuting to school or exercise. Potentially even scholarships.

Fashionable backpacks do nothing.

[Mirioron]

Imagine you're a teenage girl and you need to carry sanitary products with you. I imagine that for some of them this is essentially a nightmare scenario. That's a direct harm to kids.

[nguoi]

This is a good point and I hope they can work around it (such as by allowing small opaque bags inside the bag).

[zepto]

Freedom from arbitrary restrictions does something.

[nguoi]

Welcome to mandatory education