CBS News. "The Higher Purpose of Doodling." CBS News. 2014 CBS Interactive Inc. Web. 3 Feb. 2014. <http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-higher-purpose-of-doodling/>
Hubball, Kim. "Doodles." Photograph. Flickr. Yahoo, 3 May. 2012. Media. 3 Feb. 2013. <http://goo.gl/ufPI24>
The article I picked this week was on a purpose of why people tend to doodle. It talks about the new studies that are being done to prove that doodling actually helps you remember stuff. The study was taken by ask some people to doodle while listening to a call and the other people to just listen. The study shown that 29% of the doodlers remembered more stuff. There are people wanting to say that doodling isn't good for you, but it actually helps your mind stay focused instead of daydreaming.
This does relate to our everyday school life. Most of our teachers will get mad if they happen to see us drawing pictures while they are trying to explain something in class. There has been cases of kids being kicked out of school or arrested for drawing. Something thing that doesn't make sense is the adults know that kids all over the world have ADHD and ADD. Drawing can help those kids that do have that to focus on their listening, while that are doing the drawings.
When I take a side on this, I love to doodle. While my teachers are lecturing I like to draw small things beside my notes. Usually, the drawing does have something to do with what we are being taught at the moment. If I'm not doing something while they are explaining something I start to let my mind wonder off. Then after they are done, I have no idea what they just told me. I don't have that long of an attention span most of the time. I think that schools should allow kids to draw. If they want us to pay attention, then they have to find away for us to stop daydreaming, and one way is by doodling.
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