Remember when we were young and our school desks were in rows?  This was the norm for hundreds of years I would imagine. When did this concept become a bad idea? Who was the genius that decided they couldn’t leave well enough alone. How much money did our school systems spend on studies to be told that the desks should face and touch each other in a cluster. You know what word automatically follows cluster? Yeah, that’s what’s going on in schools today.

I was a talker, I admit. I was the girl that was always turned around in her seat and asked if I would like to share with the class. Of course I was very polite and would say no thank you, I do not wish to share. I was raised with manners you know. Having our desks in rows did deter me somewhat and kept the chatting and distraction to a minimum and I did actually manage to somewhat succeed in life. Today, I probably wouldn’t make it past the fourth grade.

So what rocket scientist decided our children’s desks should be clumped into groups of five touching and facing each other? Did no one stop and think this might be a bad idea?  Now as a mother, I am being told my child is distracted in class and having difficulty focusing. Really? That’s a shock! How can that be? His desk is touching other children’s desks and he is not focusing? I can’t think of any way to cut down on the distraction. How about put the desks in rows? Imagine all the money that would have been saved if someone had just asked me or left well enough alone.  Sometimes if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.