Editing Desk (section)

==Student models==
[[File:SchoolDeskBenchWebsterNewYork.jpg|thumb|left|School desk manufactured by the American S.F. Company of [[Buffalo, New York]] in about 1900]]
[[File:Jeffersontown Historical Museum Desks.jpg|thumb|School desks at the Jeffersontown Historical Museum|left]]
A student desk can be any desk form meant for use by an enrollee in elementary, secondary or postsecondary education. Anna Breadin designed and patented a one-piece school desk in the late 1880s that was built with a table section attached in front of a wooden seat and back rest. Before this, most students in America sat either on chairs or long benches at long tables.<ref name=interior>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxhow.in/articles/home-family/interior-design/a-short-history-of-school-desks/|title=A Short History of Desks|publisher=Interior Design|access-date=2012-05-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804114909/http://www.linuxhow.in/articles/home-family/interior-design/a-short-history-of-school-desks/|archive-date=2012-08-04}}</ref>

[[File:Student Desk.jpg|thumb|upright=.6|Student desk and chair commonly used in high schools and universities.]]
In homes, the term "student desk" designates a small [[pedestal desk]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedestal%20desk|title=Pedestal desk|publisher=Merriam-Webster|access-date=2012-05-17|archive-date=2018-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620153313/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedestal%20desk|url-status=live}}</ref> or [[writing table]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/writing+table|title=Writing table|publisher=The Free Dictionary By Farlex|access-date=2012-05-17|archive-date=2005-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206020338/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/writing%20table|url-status=live}}</ref> constructed for use by a teenager or a pre-teen in their room. It often is a pedestal desk, with only one of the two pedestals and about two-thirds of the desk surface. Such desks are sometimes called "left-pedestal desks" and "right-pedestal desks", depending on the position of the single pedestal. These desks are not as tall as normal adult desks. In some cases, the desk is connected from the seat to the table.

The desks are usually mass-produced in steel or wood and sold on the consumer market.<ref name=interior/> There is a wide variety of plans available for woodworking enthusiasts to build their own versions. Modern mass-produced student desks are often made with laminate table tops and molded plastic seats in a combined single unit, with storage found under the desktop or on a wire shelf beneath the seat.<ref name=interior/> There are many novel forms of student desks made to maximize the relatively restricted area available in a child's room. One of the most common is the bunk-bed desk, also called the "[[loft bed]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hgtv.com/home-improvement/how-to-build-a-loft-bed-with-a-desk-underneath/index.html|title=How to Build a Loft Bed With a Desk Underneath|publisher=HGTV|access-date=2012-05-17|archive-date=2014-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153807/http://www.hgtv.com/home-improvement/how-to-build-a-loft-bed-with-a-desk-underneath/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>