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Re:Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in... by amonith on Thursday April 02, 2026 @07:53AM (#47613190)
Yup. As a kid I could "entertain" (distract is the better word) myself by "drawing shapes" with the cursor, highlighting random things, switching between random cells in Excel, or just like... browsing through the system without any plan or reason. Procrastination is hell of a drug.

I'm so lucky I didn't have this in the classroom.

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Re:Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in... by andrepd on Thursday April 02, 2026 @08:34AM (#47613603)
To be fair, I did entertain myself by drawing comics on my notebook or playing with my pencil and rubber as if they were toy cars.
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Re:Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in... by amonith on Thursday April 02, 2026 @08:35AM (#47613619)
I drew a lot of doodles and did things like that as well, but I think that they're less visually stimulating and simply "slower" so there's still some brain capacity left for learning.
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Re:Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in... by buellerbueller on Thursday April 02, 2026 @10:36AM (#47615108)
Congratulations, you were exercising your literacy and art skills.
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