With the amount of books I've had to use for school over the past couple grades, if I were in public school at that time, I would HAVE to carry just the books I needed for HOMEWORK in the front.. too frickin' many books to carry on the side (not because of the weight, because of the size). It's not like it used to be.. students do almost all the work at home now.
I save bashing someone for when I need it. I gather things I don't like about someone over time, and then when they start screwing with me, I can come back at them and rip apart all the stuff about them that irritates me -_^ So I don't generally be cruel to a girlie-girl unless they screw with me for any reason at all, and then I can totally unload with a formidable stock of saved-up peeves.
No matter how you are, you just gotta be on my good side. If we start out as friends, then I'm not gonna give you BS, because you're my friend. If you're my enemy, you're in for it.
jimscotscoot, I only know a small amount of Spanish from watching Latino people do stand-up on Comedy Central.