I just got home from tutoring two high school students in math. One had written "bored" all over his math notebook. I know how he feels. I know from being a student who was bored with geometry...and also from boring myself...when I was the teacher!
One of my goals is to help teachers be more exciting in class. I left teaching when I realized after 13 years that I was bored. I came back to the same school 4 years later with a whole new outlook...and tools to make my classes fun.
So part one of the goal is to help teachers.
But part 2 is to help students. I believe we all have to take responsibility for our lives. So it's up to us to find ways not to be bored. After all, we'd better get a plan because for all we know our significant other's parents might bore us to tears...and we can't run from that situation.
So what to do? I'm a visual learner. My high school notebook was filled with drawings. I was able to concentrate better when I drew. Make sure that strategy is ok with your teacher. Tell them you can focus better when you draw if that really does work for you.
Get some good sleep. Part of the boredom is that we're all so tired. It's a lot easier to focus when all your attention is not spent trying to keep your eyelids propped open.
More on this next time...
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