Doodling

Ha! Take that 9th grade Public Speaking teacher!
According to a study, doodling actually helps the brain to concentrate during boring times.

3 weeks into the semester I was reprimanded in front of the class for several minutes simply for doodling while I was taking notes. I was forbidden from doodling in that class again. So I closed my notebook and hardly took another note for the rest of the semester. I probably would have learned more if I had been able to doodle :)