I got bored during school pretty much every class, and I filled that time with doodling on paper, then writing stories and poetry, then trying to come up with my own language, then teaching myself programming by making games on my calculator.<p>I should also note that I wasn&#x27;t supposed to be doing any of that stuff, and I would have gotten in trouble with the teacher if they caught me doing it and &quot;not paying attention&quot;.<p>Based on my anecdotal experience, I do believe that there&#x27;s something to the &#x27;boredom leads to children developing their creativity&#x27; assertion, as stated in that bbc article.