Diagnosis: ADD

       Today I went down to the art room during my fourth period commons to work on a piece for my painting class. During this period, Mr. King has a printmaking class that's completely full of students, so I went to the back room to join the advance printmakers. Among these students were my friends Emily, Katie, Molly, Chase, and Brooke. Most of the time, Mr. King doesn't come into the back room until ten minutes are left in the period so we're on our own for the majority of the class period.
       As I sat painting, and my friends sat printmaking, our conversation turned to the question game that occurred in Mr. Stuart's class that day. In this game, you have to have an entire conversation using only questions related to each other, and cannot repeat questions or laugh during the process. This game reminded me of another one called the "ADD" game. In this game, everyone who is playing goes around in a circle and says a word. The person who goes next then has to say another word completely unrelated to the previous one without hesitating. For example if someone were to say "cold" the next person could say "hair bands." If they were to say "hot" or "ice," they would be out.
       I decided at this point to bring this game to the attention of my friends and we decided to give it a try. The first round was a little difficult and everyone only lasted about two rounds. However by the end of class (yes, we did play the majority of the period), we had the game down. Who knew you could get better at having a short attention span? I realized just how easily people are entertained my games like Mr. Stuart's and the ADD game, even though when you say the directions out loud they don't sound fun at all. It's funny what we will spend so much time on when we're bored!