A while back, I had the opportunity to go to a very nice training that included a section on relevant case law. The teacher was amazing - super high energy, but not exhausting to introverts in the way that many high energy people can be - and actually got us excited about learning statutes and reading court decisions. At one point, they wanted to illustrate a couple cases that talked about communications privacy law, and asked for a volunteer to draw on the whiteboard at the front of class. Exactly zero people put their hands up, so, knowing I can at least draw a mean stick figure, I offered to give it a go.
The teacher asked for a simple house where you could see someone on the phone through a window, and then an old-fashioned phone booth down the street, and finally someone listening in on the call in the bushes nearby. Here's a reproduction of what I drew:
To me, of course, it was just another silly sketch, no big deal, but the next day, it was still there. And the next day. And the next... and the next week... There were other bits and pieces around it that were added and cleaned off - notes and simple outlines the teacher drew - but my little bit of silliness stayed there for nearly three weeks, and it made me happy to think that someone thought it was worth saving.
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