Does a Desk Look like a Trash Can?

In a lot of schools it is against school policy to chew gum. This rule unintentionally makes kids want to chew gum even more, so they do. They must be sly about it, meaning getting up and openly throwing it away in a trash can is not an option. If you properly dispose of it then you run the risk of getting caught and getting a warning or worse, a detention. What a lot of people don't realize is that when they make the decision to stick their gum under the desk it only creates more problems. For example, you're in class, and the lesson is so interesting that nothing can distract you, except just as you go to get something out of your backpack, your hand touches something. This something would be someone else's gum. Meaning their germs and everything that goes along with them, and just like that all you can think about is the nasty chewed matter that is under your desk. In conclusion, putting gum under ones desk and not in the trash can could potentially effect some students learning because honestly who can focus in class when there several pieces of gum always reaching for them under the desk.