[21twelve]

Of course - I never thought of getting rid of the desks. Just the lousy teachers. (The principal didn’t like that idea either.)

[grania]

I never thought of getting rid of the desks - just the lousy teachers

Exactly. Even for teachers who don't spend much of their time sitting at the desk, they still need desks. If this principal blames the desks for the bad teachers, perhaps it's not the desks that should be gotten rid of.