"When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books"

This quote by Norman MacCaig is a representation on his experience as an educator. He is highlighting the difference in between his desk as well as the desks of his coworkers. His workdesk was completely empty, with absolutely nothing on it, while his coworkers' desks were cluttered with papers and also publications. This suggests that MacCaig was a teacher that was arranged and also efficient, as well as was able to keep his desk devoid of clutter. He also indicates that his colleagues were not as arranged and also efficient as he was, and were bewildered by the amount of job they had to do. This quote is a suggestion that company and also effectiveness are important qualities for an educator to have, and that it is feasible to keep a desk devoid of clutter also when there is a great deal of work to be done.