Desk and chair usage issues. Due to the heavy academic burden, children nowadays use "big backpacks", and only desk drawers about ten centimeters high cannot fit "big" backpacks. Some schools have chairs with backrests, and students place their backpacks in front of the backrests. They sit on the remaining chairs and listen to the class in a cross sitting manner. This sitting posture makes students feel tired after a class, but in class, teachers only emphasize sitting posture and do not care whether students sitting at "high low table" or "low high table" are comfortable. Some school chairs do not have backrests, so students simply pile up their books on their desks.

The issue of desk and chair height. Most primary schools only have two sizes, with desks and chairs in first and second grades being relatively low, and desks and chairs in third to sixth grades having a uniform height. In middle school, it is very common for the height of desks and chairs to not match the height of students. The desks and chairs in the middle and high school grades visited by the reporter are of the same height, and none of the schools provide desks and chairs of different sizes according to students' height.

Elevating tables and chairs have become decorations. Several primary schools visited by the reporter have some classrooms equipped with adjustable height desks and chairs. However, in order to maintain the overall unity of the classrooms, the school will make unified adjustments in the classes entering higher grades. At several primary schools in Xining, including Xiaoquan Elementary School, it was learned that the school does not adjust the height of desks and chairs based on individual students' height. If adjustments are made, the entire class will adjust them. As a result, the lifting of desks and chairs becomes a mere formality.

Under the exam oriented education system, academic performance is the top priority for teachers and parents. After all, 'scores are the ultimate truth'.

However, they are even more indifferent to the hidden dangers of desks and chairs. As one parent said, "In key high schools, almost every class is overcrowded. Parents rely on relationships and finding ways to squeeze their heads out in order to occupy a place. Everything is for the sake of getting into college, who cares about the quality of desks and chairs. This is especially true in ordinary high schools. Parents will devote all their energy to how to improve their children's academic performance, and they are indifferent to the quality of desks and chairs