Q&A for How to Not Be Bored During Class

Whenever you find yourself bored during a math lesson, try getting a spiral notebook and taking notes. If you use fun colors, symbols, annotations, and more, you may find yourself more involved with the lesson and becoming even more organized! Try using a stress ball or listening to music without words to keep yourself entertained, yet focused.

If you're allowed to, you can bring a book to read when you're done, or even a sketchbook and pencils and such. If you're not allowed to have anything like that, you could bring some putty or a stress ball to keep your hands occupied at least. But first and foremost - check over your answers on the test. Even if you're certain you did everything just right, it doesn't hurt to take a second look.

Try to write funny sentences in French. This will give you something to do, and you'll still be working on your French. You could also write a paragraph about what you plan to do over the weekend (in French).

First of all, stay focused on your studies. Listen to what the teacher is saying and take notes. You can talk to your friends after school. If your friends don't go to your school, make some new friends that do. Just walk up to somebody and say hi. You can never have too many friends.

To learn to like school, try asking yourself what the benefits of school are. Try setting goals for yourself and participating in class. Maybe start with your favorite subject, ask and answer questions to keep yourself interested and involved. Consider starting a study group with your classmates.

Double check that you are finished, and then read a book or study.

Take notes. This will help you stay focused by giving you something to do with your hands, help you to understand the information better, and give you something to refer back to when studying for tests. If you're finished with your work and you have nothing else to do, just sit quietly and think. Use your imagination and make up a funny story, or decide what you're going to do after school.

Try to find something about the class that you don't hate. See if you can find a way to relate the material to your own life or to some other subject you find interesting. If you can't do that, just remind yourself that it's important to get good grades in ALL your subjects so you can do well in life, and focus on the teacher. Remember that you will not be stuck in this class forever, it's one small part of your day in one school term out of your whole life.

Ask open-ended questions to learn more about the subject, specifically about whatever aspects you're interested in. If you already know all of the material, you could always do work for another class.

Try writing down notes in colorful pens and decorate. Taking notes and using color can help you to stay focused.

Pay attention and try to make learning fun. You could do that by making flashcards, or a game that you could play while learning the lesson. (For example, multiplication cards.) But if you truly need a little break, don't overpressure yourself and ask your teacher for advice on online tutoring options that will help you.

Try to find something you like about those classes! Ask to sit by friends, doodle on the side of papers, and get work done from other classes that you need to do! Reward yourself with a candy bar or something like that once you complete the lesson that day!

If you don't care about the grade you'll get in that class, there's probably nothing you can do. If you're not interested, you're not interested. Just remember that good grades in school can pay big dividends later in life -- socially, financially and emotionally.