The bell rings for sixth period. You’re still in the parking lot, and getting to class on the third floor will be a trek not unlike Frodo’s to Mordor. But you’re lucky—you have a rolling backpack.

Instead of wrenching the bag of bricks onto your back, you can now whip it out of your car and sprint, pulling it behind you as you run for your life.

Rolling backpacks provide increased comfort and ease, while making for speedy entrances to all classes and after school activities. For dramatic exits, you can even slam the handle of your bag down and walk away with it bouncing around your ankles.

My backpack, which I did in fact weigh, came out to be roughly 17 pounds. This, for most high school girls, is somewhere between 1/6th and 1/7th of their total body weight.

With 184 days in the school year, an average high-school student carries about 3,128 pounds of books, pencils and calculators on their backs. Instead of bending our backs, we should roll our backpacks so that we can have biceps—not broken bones.

It’s true that rolling backpacks are unable to combat stairs. But fear not, for the school could easily roll out a new program that provides convenient bag ramps.

As for the rolling backpacks’ questionable fashion, overalls were once trendy, so there is no reason these bad boys can’t be too. Preventing future back pain should definitely be considered over temporary fashion statements anyways.

Junior Hannah Jacobs had the privilege of rolling her backpack around for sophomore year. Though she claimed they were dark days, her rolling backpack did ease her back pain. Another benefit was a rise in confidence, since it takes courage to have a rolling backpack in a sea of mainstream Jansports and Kiplings.

So say goodbye to slugging a heavy backpack around, and say hello to dramatic entries and exits featuring a gliding bag. Rolling backpacks ought to be taken seriously as both a bold fashion statement as well as the savior of our spines.

Remember this blog when you’re 54 and trying to do yoga. You’ll see.