Titanicboy34
9 Answers
doolittle
Teachers try to torture you- they talk forever in a monotone voice (which can put you to sleep- I slept thru a few classes in my day), They drone on forever, everything is so serious when it could be made a fun experience ( I helped someone who was doing poorly in History. I read the chapter then acted out the people, described the places in animated detail, and described the time period by showing pictures/ sharing stories I always added something interesting like how they killed criminals in that time period. he went from getting D's and F's to B's and A's- just because I caught her attention and made it fun!). Fun- learning should be fun or interesting- even algebra can be made fun!!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
Colleen
To get you prepared for a lifetime of boring work when you have to earn a living. Do well in school and you might get scholarships to a college where you can get a degree in something that interests you and you may be one of the lucky ones who ends up in a job they love and is not boring.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
jhharlan
Ducky
I had a teacher in high school who did nothing but read the textbook to us during each class. He would then stop and shout, "underline....stop". He would continue reading and again stop and shout, "underline....stop". His instructions were that you read and remember what is underlined, because that's what will be on your exam.
Do you think anyone in his class was bored? Thankfully, I only had him as a teacher for one year.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
High school was the place that I first began to come out of my shell so it was mostly "socializing". I don't think that I actually learned much. lol
Bob/PKB
No offense, but school (and anything where your behavior or freedom is dictated by others (particularly adults) is going to be annoying, boring, just plain STOOPID.
When I was in high school, we read "Beowulf" and it went right over my head. I was completely bored. About 20 years later, I found myself in the same classroom, behind the teacher's desk, subbing on a day the class was studying "Beowulf".
"OH NO!" I screamed in my head. I remembered all-too-well how I had hated "Beowulf".
I asked students to volunteer to read, and as the first student mumbled through the passage, the meaning became clear to me. When the student finished, I looked around the room and asked if anyone knew what was going on. Thirty pairs of bored eyes barely glanced my way.
"There's a guy in a boat, and a monster in the water. See here..." and I showed the passage and translated the old English.
The next student read and I got pretty excited as it became clearer and clearer. "Do you know what just happened? The monster ate the guy's leg. Right here..." I was pretty animated and the class sat up a little straighter.
After the third student read, the entire class looked at me eagerly, asking, "What happened next?"
I enjoyed the assignment and my enthusiasm rubbed off on the kids. Also, "Beowulf" is difficult to understand, and just reading it doesn't mean you've read it, if you know what I mean (and with straight A's, I'm presuming you do). A teacher who has enthusiasm for the subject is going to motivate the student to have some enthusiasm.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
pythonlover
School life is a hell of a lot easier than real life. Make the most of it while you can. Life can get down right boring unless you know exactly what you want to do.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
robertgrist
When presented with something you do not understand and the instructor continues to talk while you are hung-up on what you did not understand…boredom and sleep soon follow.
It is far better to raise your hand and ask them to explain the term, word or phrase you missed. A competent teacher should recognise students who are dazed with misunderstanding and immediately call on that student to demonstrate what was just taught. If you are bored often, you should talk to your teacher about it and show them what I have written here if you like. Attention deficit can be caused by foods or predisposition, or a really boring teacher.
Maybe you need a breakfast that has something other than that stuff that taste like ground-up newspaper and sugar. Yuck. I didn’t like that either.
I turned my not understanding into notes like a shopping list, then when Mr. Chatterbox…paused…to take a breath…I would read my list of things I did not understand to them…and impress my classmates in the process with my bold insistence on understanding what they were saying. My time in class rooms became fun for me because I insisted that I understand without excuses. Be Bold and limitless.
I want to know! Explain that! What do you mean_________? My time is important too!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
I'm not a teacher, but I've had teachers that seemed bored, themselves. Maybe teaching the same stuff year after year to students who sit like Zombies, gets boring too.
If you ask the kind of questions robertgrist suggests, you may "shock" the teacher into re-thinking how he teaches. He will be forced to think of different ways of explaining things to you. His job might actually become more challenging, and less boring to him... as well as less boring for you.
Making notes about what you don't understand will make you a much better student, too!
woodside12
bustieone
School will be boring if you are not motivated and engaged. I taught vocational agriculture, and many of my students sought our school as they were not successful in the "conventional strict academic classroom". When they became motivated they thrived and most were successful and worked more to their abilities. I would not have lasted for 35 yrs., "teaching kids against their will".
| 11 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
State Dept. of Ed recruited her to work for them. She misses the kids, but not the teaching job...
