Sentence examples for pupil's desk from inspiring English sources

In the grade-school rooms and the study halls of boarding "academies," the pupil's desk holds the tools of his student trade — pen nibs, blotters, ruler, compass, books, pencils, erasers, plus the usual contraband — and bolts him firmly into the system.

In the grade-school rooms and the study halls of boarding "academies," the pupil's desk holds the tools of his student trade pen nibs, blotters, ruler, compass, books, pencils, erasers, plus the usual contraband and bolts him firmly into the system.

On top of the teacher's desk, I leafed through a facsimile collection of reports of a pupil in the 1920s.

Her documents — reassuringly in order — say that she is thirty-two, but she stands in front of Orso's desk with her spine straight and her hands clasped behind her back like a pupil at a school recitation.

The pupils' families donated canned goods and groceries, which were placed in a big box on the teacher's desk.

The President's promise is taking shape in school rooms bursting with new pupils, their desks crammed together in temporary buildings.

So primary five pupils carried desks from primary two, while primary seven and six shared a classroom, as the teachers got to work.

Some pointed to answers while standing over pupils' desks.

But the increasing school rolls have not been matched with resources, despite ambitious government targets to cut the ratios of pupils to teachers, desks and books.

Ambient lighting, needed for close work at pupils' desks, reduced image contrast.

When Keating has his pupils stand on desks to see things from another perspective, he gives them a new world.