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It's funny that some of you mention teachers who discouraged your doodling. As many of you know, I spent the last few weeks in a classroom observing a teacher. I took pages upon pages of notes while sitting in the back of the classroom, and I doodled in the margins. Sometimes the kids would come look over my shoulder. The kids seemed surprised that I doodled too, so I flipped through my notes and showed them just how much I doodle. I also take a lot of notes in general. I think the article is right in that me moving my pencil helps me to focus on what's being said. I don't think I'll ever discourage doodling on the part of students--I'd be a complete hypocrite if I did, and I'm not a fan of that.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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