Buying a backpack like this, and putting buttons on it:
http://store.americanapparel.ca/rsanc501.html?cid=154&c=Amethyst%20/%20Silver#i
Or buying a plain tote like this:
http://store.americanapparel.ca/x539.html?cid=154&c=Black
Just so you know, I am in grade 9 and have a moderate amount of homework every night.
I think the buttons are called badges, they look like this http://www.buttonmaster.com/images/pinbackbuttons.gif

I’m digging the tote bag more
Backpack for sure! I like that purple one. Really pretty shade of it.
that tote is super cute i’d go with the tote
the buttons are called buttons and backpack its too cute i didn’t know they sold it like that i think ill get one. yea so could customize the backpack get people to sign it and the buttons would look awesome!!!!
honestly I would pick a backpack because totes can get very annoying at times, like when you have to bring extra stuff home. I think the totes very cute but the backpack may work better for you
seriously i would choose the backpack with the cute buttons
the baackpack is more original
everyone uses a tote
if you wanna stand out go for it
none of your books are going to fit into either. It’s just school, no one really cares what kind of backpack you have and whether it has buttons or not. I have a North Face backpack and that doesn’t even hold all my books.