Trouble over Truss Bridges

This week we tried to make Truss bridges with Krazy glue. The Krazy glue wasn't really amazing at all, it was lousy. Erika, Fabiana, Taylor & Vianna are frustrated with the lousy glue.
Kegan, Larry & Tyler had success despite the lousy glue. They found that when they put on the glue, and squeezed really hard, it actually worked. They all seem to be working well together on building their bridge.
The girls had trouble making the bridges, they didn't want to get their hands too dirty with the sticky glue, or break a nail. Just joking, all the girls did much better than most of the boys. You should have seen Adan's hands, there was more glue on his hands than on the bridges.
Divon can't believe how the glue was so sticky. It was like laffy taffy. It was suppose to be smooth and easy to spread, but we must have gotten some old glue, because it was the complete opposite of that.
What kind of glue would you recommend that we use? We've tried Krazy glue, glue sticks and Elmers school glue, and they don't work. We are bound, determined & eager to build these bridges, can you give us any advice?

Written by the Students
Photos by Mr. Lundquist