I don't usually write, but I can't sit still and listen; I usually have a sheet of notes as well as a page of doodles in front of me and I draw constantly.
I was actually doing that in an undergraduate writing workshop one day while the instructor babbled endlessly about the brilliance of Forster and Hemingway, REALLY not my cup of tea, but I was listening for all his points anyway and actually wrote down a mini-outline of his lecture among the doodles, even though most people weren't taking notes, because I WAS quite serious about trying to take his opinions on board even though it was obvious his background and perspective, in the White Tower Literary Canon and strictly Deeply Meaningful Work by White Men, was so different from mine. He took me aside after the lecture to say he was disturbed because it was apparently "disrespectful" to be doodling while he talked since I couldn't be paying attention. How could anyone ever take notes, if that were the case? I assured him that I actually had been paying attention, but he was like "Okay, then what did I say?" and wasn't satisfied until I summarized the entire 2-hour lecture for him. Why yes, I am still bitter!
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I don't usually write, but I can't sit still and listen; I usually have a sheet of notes as well as a page of doodles in front of me and I draw constantly.
I was actually doing that in an undergraduate writing workshop one day while the instructor babbled endlessly about the brilliance of Forster and Hemingway, REALLY not my cup of tea, but I was listening for all his points anyway and actually wrote down a mini-outline of his lecture among the doodles, even though most people weren't taking notes, because I WAS quite serious about trying to take his opinions on board even though it was obvious his background and perspective, in the White Tower Literary Canon and strictly Deeply Meaningful Work by White Men, was so different from mine. He took me aside after the lecture to say he was disturbed because it was apparently "disrespectful" to be doodling while he talked since I couldn't be paying attention. How could anyone ever take notes, if that were the case? I assured him that I actually had been paying attention, but he was like "Okay, then what did I say?" and wasn't satisfied until I summarized the entire 2-hour lecture for him. Why yes, I am still bitter!