No Trapper Keepers Allowed

Posted 11 years ago by Stuff

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Trapper Keepers are something I’m confident we’re all pretty passionate about here in Nostalgia country. I’ve written about them before, and oddly enough, lately I’ve been getting a ton of traffic from people searching for “no trapper keepers”.

A quick search made me realize that something horrible is happening to our nation’s children. They’re being told that they can’t have Trapper Keepers at school! Apparently a lot of schools do not want kids using them for orginization. Check your local Wal-mart’s depressingly early back-to-school section and see for yourself. If they have your local elementary school’s supply list, it might say no Trapper Keepers.

Frankly, I don’t buy their reasoning. They say it’s because Trapper Keepers are poor oginizational tools and do not have enough space. With most elementary aged kids probably using laptops already, does that seem like a big deal? Do you want to know why I think they’re really not allowing them?

They’re too Awesome

I think the main reason they’re banned is because they are so awesome. This leads to kids constantly talking in class because they can’t help but compliment their friend’s Iguana-playing-volleyball Trapper Keeper. This sounds like a good, healthy, high-fiving environment for kids, but it has it’s downside.

With all the awesome geometric designs, animals playing extreme sports, and Lisa Frank Trapper Keepers around, kids (and teachers?) who don’t have one are probably tempted to steal them from those that do.

Anyway, thats me being stupid, but seriously schools, no Trapper Keepers? I’ll admit, the new ones are near as cool as the classics, but still. What next, no Pogs?

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  • Amen!

    Although I once had my trapper keeper stolen. As you can imagine, it was pretty devastating.

    http://confrontyourbully.com/2009/06/29/the-infamous-trapper-keeper-incident-of-1990/

    • That would be horrible!

      What did it look like?

  • john doe

    i love trapper keepers

  • Jeff Rojo

    I found this page while goggling to find out why kids aren’t allowed to have them. My children’s school has a ban as well. I loved mine when I was a kid. I might buy them one anyway, just to see what happens if they are caught in possession of a prohibited organizational device.

  • Katmandu2

    Did / do schools realize there have long been plain trapper keepers? When we were -finally- allowed to have them when we got to 7th grade, it was a relief to not have to carry extra pencil bags and folders along with the 30+ pounds of books. Yeah, my science book one year weighed nearly 15 pounds. One book. Today’s kids will hopefully never know the struggles (or backaches).