bloodytales:incognito-princess:marsupials-of-mars:mindboogling:I don’t really know how to describe t
bloodytales:incognito-princess:marsupials-of-mars:mindboogling:I don’t really know how to describe this feeling other than stressful, so I decided to draw itPlease let me draw and “sketchnote”Ugh I know it“If you’re drawing you’re not listening.” Absolutely untrue!! It’s ‘optimum arousal’. It’s why people can sing along to the radio while their driving to work and not worry about missing turns, but they need to turn down the music to navigate to a brand new address. Driving to work has become muscle memory and you actual need an outside stimuli to keep you’re brain paying attention. You need more brain power to navigate something new, so the music is now a distraction.Same thing with people who listen better while doodling. If you’re an auditory learner you need something to occupy your vision and kinestics to optimally listen to what you’re supposed to learn. Auditory learners listen better when doodle- fact! (fyi- I’ve been a teacher for 16 years. I know what I’m talking about.)I had to have so many conversations with teachers and professors who accused me of not paying attention because I was drawing or doing other work.I had to explain that my brain needs constant stimulation. I need to multitask. If I am just sitting there, doing nothing with my hands, I am 100% not listening because it means I am daydreaming. Doing something, such as drawing, or writing poetry keeps me focused in the present. It keeps my brain from drifting. I had a couple teachers tell me to “take notes.” I have never taken notes for myself. The only notes I have ever taken are the ones that had to be turned in for a grade. Notes are useless to me. I draw or write poetry. That is how I learn.Let people learn the way they are meant to, not some arbitrary way you think they should. -- source link