Write

I'm a little surprised that this is my first Thought from Mythbusters. After all, what better source of inspiration for a teacher than a show that dispels common misconceptions? However, it wasn't until halfway through the day that I truly got to understand the implications of this slight but significant difference between science and screwing around.

In one class, we have studying electrical wiring. The last few days have been very exciting as it's the last days of boring theory work in the classroom before we transitioned to working in the shop on actual circuits today. Each group of students is required to wired certain configurations and a good chunk of the class time was spent drawing these schematics out. Lo and behold, there's always that group that somehow never wrote things down. In that moment, it truly struck me. Because they didn't 'write it down' they were simply screwing around instead of doing something awesome.
Do you write it down? Don't get caught in that slight, but significant difference. Be prepared. Write it down. Are you just screwing around or are you making great things happening?