I'm finished high school, I'm taking a few other courses as well as sitting in a few University courses. You can sit in certain lessons without actually being accepted to the University/College here without paying or anything, you just don't get a certificate or diploma saying you did anything for it.

I actually wear combat pants most of the time as well, huge pockets, but I still wouldn't want to carry around something that bulky unless it's a whole computer (netbooks are only a bit larger than those enclosures).