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I learn best when I'm listening while I draw. I always struggled in school because teachers saw this as "goofing off."
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*BigDream64 May 6, 2012  Student Artist
We wanna know stuff, and sometimes schools refuse to do that.
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~MadJesters1 May 4, 2012  Student Filmographer
I guess I am not the only one then XD LoL
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~OkamiNagihime May 3, 2012
Same here! I can't concentrate if I'm not doodling. It keeps my hands busy, so I can listen without fidgeting. Jeez, 18 and I still fidget in class.

Anyway, doodling promotes learning (if you can draw without thinking too hard) because it keeps your hands busy, keeps your brain moving, and information that's said by the teacher gets processed and absorbed easier.

I'm not scolded anymore though; mostly because I keep my grades up, but that's because when there's a lecture on something like the battle of Waterloo in history, my notes will have little napoleons marching around the page building his notebook paper empire. But NONETHELESS! I remembered the little napoleons for the test. :3

SO LET THEM DOODLE!!!
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~DreamLikehDeCookie May 1, 2012
I almost constantly draw during lessons and never get told off...
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~Nikiptc18 Apr 26, 2012  Student General Artist
Exactly.
I do this all the time, but always get away with it....
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~Prowls-little-angle2 Apr 22, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
I just listen to music...and the teachers dont care because I PROVED it with my grades...listening to music \: A's and B's not listening to music: B's-E's it gets mu subconsiance to shut up so i can acually listem to what the teachers are saying...
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~Icestorm-Dragonfire Apr 20, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I was always the same way in school. I listened much better while drawing. Eventually my teachers just got used to it.
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~Honest-Criminal Apr 16, 2012
LOL. I used to do this all the time... Oh, childhood. :')
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*PuppitProductions Apr 16, 2012  Professional General Artist
I actually had a huge battle with my highschool science teacher about this, so I know your frustration :P I used to draw illustrations of the stuff he covered in my homework and he told me that I couldn't do that because it looked messy (I agree they weren't exactly Da Vinci paintings, but they weren't random doodles either). He made me re-co all my homework of the last couple of weeks. I left open blanks spaces in the text and put a transparent overlay over every page, featuring the drawings, filling in the blank spaces. When I showed him my homework, he got angry about the drawings. I just flipped the overlay and they were gone. His face was priceless.
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~NessaWyren Apr 12, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I draw more at school than I do at home. Trees hate me now. I have to refill my binder with printer paper every other day.

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Normal people worry me.
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