Seeing Sideways Take Away 2

Today in class, I have learned that there is a difference between doodling and sketching a drawing. I always thought that I doodled in class when I was bored, but actually, I was sketching. I also learned that doodling is good for the mind when learning. Kinetic learning I think is what they call it, when one learns best through doodling, or making spontaneous marks, as the teacher is teaching. I had only been in trouble once for doodling in class and the trouble was combined with daydreaming in class as well. This happened when I was in pre-kindergarden. I don't remember what I was drawing, but the teacher walked passed me as she was talking, and saw me drawing. She walked away, and I had stopped drawing to hear more of what she was teaching, which lead me into visualizing what she was talking about. Granted this was many years ago, so I don't remember now what she was talking about back then. I just remember the punishment. She came back to me and told me to hold out my hand. I held out my hand because I thought she was going to hand something to me. She smacked the palm of my hand with a ruler then walked on. To this day, I still do not understand why she did that, even though she told my mom that I was not paying attention in class. Anyway, after I had left pre-k, I continued to draw in class, and I was never questioned about it. Drawing in class kept me awake during class, and I would pay more attention if I was sketching or doodling. If I was not sketching or doodling, I was falling asleep; not because the lecture was boring, but because I was not focused on something active to keep me alert. Even the most interesting lectures I would doze off on if I wasn't sketching in my notes, and later I would wake up frustrated that I had missed something in the lecture. Watching one of TED talks, the girl, Sunni, talked of how people who doodle are 29% more likely to remember what they've learned to the ratio of people who don't doodle. That was very interesting, and inspires me to doodle, or in my case mindlessly sketch, more when in class. Maybe I'll be better at remembering some of the harder math problems.