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Originally Posted by BigV
Not your chest, I'm guessing...
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Nope, just migrating south.
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
In our schools, both as a child and now, everyone above Kindgarten uses single-unit desks, where the chair is attached to the desk and can't be pushed in or out (or leaned back.)
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Our classrooms are fluid. Children sit in different groups for different subjects, so a group table might accommodate 4 or 6 - 8 as an extreme.
Chairs can be set out theatre style for some activities, or for "Godly Plays" (we are a faith school) in a round. Tables can be set in a horseshoe or moved back against the walls completely, with chairs available or stacked on top.
The ONLY time I had a chair attached to a desk in school was in drama, where there was a little flip top desk on each chair. Very useful in a space created more for movement than taking notes. But I was 15 by then.
Just another interesting difference I guess.
But I wonder if it has to do with having more space. My schools have started as small affairs and grown. Space has always been at a premium with rooms allocated as and when they are free. Perhaps where land is more easily allocated, buildings are larger and rooms don't need to supply as many functions?
A guess.