Sketching Seconds

My level of boredom in a class directly correlates with the amount of doodles in my notebook. Pages are taken up by scribbly sketches I never look at twice. I draw to take up the time spent waiting for a new fact in these too-boring classes.

Doodling is a problem I had in junior high and my freshman year of high school, but when I took more challenging, engaging classes, I began to stay on-task. My teachers were pleased to say the least. Most teachers I had complained about the pages of my notebook looking messy and unprofessional with the doodles. This year, however, I'm slipping back into the old habit. And it hasn't gone unnoticed.

I'm not the only person who thinks mythology is a bore (mainly because of the teacher). One person who glimpsed my drawings laughed and commented about how bored I must be. We all are.

But in math class, I sit at the end seat, and my teacher always passes my desk. Every so often, he glances down and picks a favorite sketch off the page while I bury my head in my elbow in embarrassment. (I hate having attention brought on me in public.) I don't think he minds, though. Having already learned most of the material, I do well in the class.