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Re:Addicted to Distraction by drfuchs on Sunday November 29, 2015 @12:58PM (#10645394)
It wasn't me who down-voted you, but perhaps it was someone else who wasn't familiar with a single one of the capitalized words/phrases in the paragraph:

"I carry a box with a couple of sets of Sharpies of various colours plus Muji pens and pencils. Grabbed and distributed in a coordinated Mexican wave. Seriously, the full Csikszentmihalyi flow."

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Re:Addicted to Distraction by keithpeter on Sunday November 29, 2015 @01:06PM (#10645425)
OK, thanks for feedback and apologies for specific references, here goes with the definitions...

Sharpies: 2mm thick permanent marker pens in bright colours

Muji: Japanese stationery shop with a good stock of fine nib gel and ink pens

Mihali Csikszentmihalyi is a philosopher who has articulated the concept of flow-state. The relevant Wikipedia page is a good basic guide [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29

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Re:Addicted to Distraction by jellicle on Sunday November 29, 2015 @01:24PM (#10645497)
I'm going to translate from teacher-ese for you:

"While my students normally exhibited a substantial amount of distraction in our class, I was pleased to discover that since they were all artistically-oriented students, an impromptu art activity was able to occupy their full undivided attention for an extended period of time."

You're welcome.

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Re:Addicted to Distraction by drfuchs on Sunday November 29, 2015 @01:15PM (#10645470)
"Mexican wave"?
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Re:Addicted to Distraction by keithpeter on Sunday November 29, 2015 @01:23PM (#10645492)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_%28audience%29

I was using the term as a metaphor for the way that particular group of students just all went for the chance to draw something.

Thankyou for engaging.

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