Comments on: What are your tips for making boring classes more entertaining?

By: sumo_fly

sumo_fly — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:05:59 +0000

question how the class(es) you find boring relate to the classes you find entertaining. for example how does Math classes relate to Art classes? How does Math classes relate to English classes? how about science classes to social studies and history classes? I used to try to understand how math related to my art history class, as Art history uses many myths as its subject matter. there has to be some importance in what your learning, why it is important? how did it come to be important? Don’t rely on the teachers answer because many of them are teaching the subject because they have to not because they want to(sounds familiar: why do we have to learn this, I don’t want to). Few teachers may actually like teaching boring subjects, and fewer yet make connections with any other subjects to develop an larger understand of education as a whole.
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By: Redfalcongirl

Redfalcongirl — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:45:59 +0000

Well it depends if you are a teacher or not. If you’re a teacher, i like it better when my teachers talk and interact more to the class because it makes me want to pay attention more rather than to daydream or secretly pull out my ipod.
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A High School white girl.

By: lili860426

lili860426 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:09:59 +0000

This will probably make me sound like a dork, but I really hated physics (it was at 8 in the morning and I had the most boring professor in the world!), so normally I had my calculator with me. So, sometimes I would have a song in my head and I would type the words out on my calculator. You could probably do the same thing by writing it out on a piece of paper, but this kept me more entertained!
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By: TEACHING GODDESS

TEACHING GODDESS — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:38:59 +0000

I think your attitude is very disrespectful to a teacher. I’ll give you an example. I was recently informed by one of my students that if I didn’t "play games" and "entertain" her, that she wouldn’t learn. Not COULD NOT; WOULD NOT. Your attitude speaks volumes to a teacher–and we are NOT here to be your entertainment committee; we are here to teach you the material we are contracted to teach. IF, along the way, I can do it in a humorous way that you’ll remember, great. If not, if the subject matter is "dry"–well, you’ll just have to suck it up and learn it anyway. One thing I will say (I at least don’t have a problem with it)–sometimes my students suggest games they have developed. If that’s the case and I like the game, I’ll useit in class. However, ‘making it entertaining" is certainly not my or any other teacher’s job–and sometimes students find themselves taking a trip to the office if their "entertainment" interferes with MY ability to teach the class.
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By: carmandnee

carmandnee — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:19:59 +0000

From a student’s perspective, I would say, take notes. Use different color pens to make particularly important information stand out…and the doodles in the margins more imaginative.

From a teacher’s perspective, I must say, take notes. Listen to the lecture and try to understand what is going on. If you are bored because your are lost, ask questions. Trust me, if the teacher notices that the class is bored, it becomes seriously difficult to liven the class up. If the students are asking related questions, the interest the students are showing in the subject matter is infectious and the teacher is inclined to explain topics in a much more entertaining manner.
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By: huckleberry

huckleberry — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:34:59 +0000

Are you asking from the student’s point of view or the teacher’s?

Teacher’s should include some humor in classes to keep kids engaged in the topic.

From a student’s point of view, I have no idea how to make a class more entertaining. Perhaps, as one responder suggested, asking questions might help.
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By: shayy

shayy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:07:59 +0000

texting. teachers or profsorrs don’t care these days. i just chat w/ some friends. you can chat w/ me for free cuz I have verizon 18584928002
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By: mztexasxoxo

mztexasxoxo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:01:59 +0000

free food, music, the great outdoors. depends on what grade level though. lil kindergarteners might like puppets. high schoolers may go with a fun project in groups
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By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:16:59 +0000

text your friends, listen to ipod, draw, daydream, decorate your notebook with pretty drawings, secretly take pix of ppl with ur phone, make sleepy faces so that the teacher gets the hint, go to the restroom for looong periods of time just fixing my hair, lol i get bored a lot in class! so these help! but try to do it in the classes where you already know the material so theres no need to pay attention
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By: brandon p

brandon p — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:10:59 +0000

sleep
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