| Alright so we probably all had or have a teacher that is really boring or that can't teach. Most of the time you have to bear with it for the year/semester and find things to do (cellphones, sudoku, anything else) to keep yourself busy from their boring lectures. This can be in high school, middle school or college.. The thing is, in college, if a class sucks you can just leave and come back the next week without any consequences. I did just that earlier today after an hour and a half because this teacher is amongst the worst that I ever had. I'll try to switch classes and hopefully get another teacher for this course because I don't want to fail. BUT, I wasn't the only one to leave. The thing is, at least 10 students left after 30 minutes and it was while she was speaking. It was sooooooo awkward (the doors are at the front next to her desk which makes it ever more awkward). My questions are .. What do you do when you have a boring class/teacher? If you could leave the class without consequences would you do it (if you're in HS, which most of MAL is)? - How would you react if someone left the classroom in the middle of a lecture? |
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| Well, if I had a boring teacher (which I do), and if there were no consequences, I'd totally get out of there. If someone were to leave in the middle of a lecture out of nowhere, I'd laugh my ass off. |
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| I normally just day dream really hard till I zone out. Seeing as how I'm studying for animation though, I should start doodling drawings in classes that don' relate to my major to get better. |
| I usually slept through the subjects with boring teachers. Good times. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Fall asleep. Nothing's better than sleeping in class |
| Well I either: eat, drink something, sometimes I sleep(if it's first period), suck it up and stay in class, or leave. I've gotten suspended for leaving a class before, and that was in Algebra 1 in like 8th grade. Everyone started laughing, I think it helps them stay awake. I got suspended for (I think) a day. To me, what's worse is those teachers that eat stuff all of the time and won't let me eat in class. I also hate when study hall teachers talk on the phone, while I'm not allowed to talk to my friend sitting 2 feet away from me. |
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| Probably depends on the size of the class. If I'd feel really awkward leaving, I'd just sit on my iPad and play Puzzle Quest or browse MAL forums. But in those huge lecture classes, if I really feel like I'm not getting anything from it, yea, leave, preferably in a moment that doesn't seem too interruptive. Assuming I would not suffer a loss to my grade, that is, a lot of my smaller classes have participation as a fair percentage of the grade. Helitenks said: Fall asleep. Nothing's better than sleeping in class Reminds me of middle school. Wherein, everyday I would walk in, put the homework on my desk, and quite seriously fall asleep right there. The teacher didn't seem to do much about it, considering I was getting high 90s on all the tests, and she seemed to think that my asthma medication made me sleepy or something. I miss that, calculus is the unfun. |
Mogu-samaSep 16, 2013 4:19 PM
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| I just draw although sometimes I bare through them being so boring only so I can know what's going on even if they can't teach. i hate to fall behind. T^T I have a teacher who always trying to be funny and makes jokes to herself. No one laughs expect for her.... must be awkward for her. xD Being with her is hell. :c |
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| I quite frequently go to a site called MyAnimeList.net. |
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| daydream all day. |
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| I often sketch out cartoon strips, doodle, read manga on my phone, day dream, or just try my hardest to pay attention if its something important to the class. |
RT251 said: I often sketch out cartoon strips, doodle, read manga on my phone, day dream, or just try my hardest to pay attention if its something important to the class. I honestly can't read manga during class - I'm just one of those people who can't focus on reading while people are yammering around me. |
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StillSwingin007 said: Well, if I had a boring teacher (which I do), and if there were no consequences, I'd totally get out of there. If someone were to leave in the middle of a lecture out of nowhere, I'd laugh my ass off. When we were reviewing for the AP U.S. History test my teacher was lecturing us on stuff not related to the test so me and my friends were having a study group in the corner. He got mad that we weren't listening and told us to either leave or start paying attention. I was the only one to get up and walk out. Btw I got a 5/5 on that test. |
| I get out my laptop and either read TvTropes or check out deals on Steam. |
RT251 said: StillSwingin007 said: Well, if I had a boring teacher (which I do), and if there were no consequences, I'd totally get out of there. If someone were to leave in the middle of a lecture out of nowhere, I'd laugh my ass off. When we were reviewing for the AP U.S. History test my teacher was lecturing us on stuff not related to the test so me and my friends were having a study group in the corner. He got mad that we weren't listening and told us to either leave or start paying attention. I was the only one to get up and walk out. Btw I got a 5/5 on that test. LOL the flaws of society |
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CamoBullo said: I get out my laptop and either read TvTropes or check out deals on Steam. This^ Unfortunately I can't play stuff like Skyrim or GTA 4 on my laptop because it can't handle those games. I have to play older games like Portal or Rome: Total War. |
| I also remember when I was in high school, I had to see one of the school counselor about depression. At the time, I started to have a habit of skipping, and my counselor found out and thought it was linked to my depression. I was allowed to leave or skip class when I wanted without getting in trouble. You bet your ass I abused that right, skipped 3 straight weeks of English class and still passed with flying colors RT251 said: CamoBullo said: I get out my laptop and either read TvTropes or check out deals on Steam. This^ Unfortunately I can't play stuff like Skyrim or GTA 4 on my laptop because it can't handle those games. I have to play older games like Portal or Rome: Total War. Your teacher doesn't notice an excessive use on mouse and keyboard when playing games? |
| I don't rely on the teacher too much to learn what I need to know to pass the class...so I just try to get through it by not losing any points I suppose |
| Rely on my intelligence to get me through. I had a fairly good track record with that. |
| I had a lot of those teachers in college. I usually just skip the class and go to eat or do homework instead or chat with my friends without being so loud. |
Mclovinballs said: I also remember when I was in high school, I had to see one of the school counselor about depression. At the time, I started to have a habit of skipping, and my counselor found out and thought it was linked to my depression. I was allowed to leave or skip class when I wanted without getting in trouble. You bet your ass I abused that right, skipped 3 straight weeks of English class and still passed with flying colors RT251 said: CamoBullo said: I get out my laptop and either read TvTropes or check out deals on Steam. This^ Unfortunately I can't play stuff like Skyrim or GTA 4 on my laptop because it can't handle those games. I have to play older games like Portal or Rome: Total War. Your teacher doesn't notice an excessive use on mouse and keyboard when playing games? Astonishing that the teacher does not notice What I do is I made a device that makes small electromagnetic pulses to fuck with the electronics that my teachers try to use |
tylerdurden876Sep 16, 2013 4:49 PM
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| I usually chat with my best-friends, or draw on my notebook. :p I'll just rely on the hand-outs for studying the course's material. |
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| Back in high school we would do all kind of stuff to get time to pass, we asked to go to the toilet and went to the school cafeteria to eat and got back to the class 20 minutes later. We played the same arcade games and compete about who got the highest score. What was the most fun was trying to get each other to burst out in laugher and get kicked out of the class. Do stealth hit and run, we would sneak from the back of the classroom to someone at a desk close to the blackboard, the closer the better without the teacher noticing, slap a person in the back of the head and hurry back to our desk before the teacher saw us. If you got noticed and kicked out, you loose if you didn't get noticed you win. We where very childish I have to say, but was a lot of fun. |
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CamoBullo said: I get out my laptop and either read TvTropes. That site has some surprisingly funny pages. InfiniteRufus said: Rely on my intelligence to get me through. I had a fairly good track record with that. Ya until you hit uni, I did the same I even didn't study for my finals. I tried the same thing for uni only to fail my first semester flat, it really is bit of a jump, assuming you don't do arts & crafts. |
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| Harass the guy sitting next to me. |
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| I would occasionally do things to liven up the classroom. This would normally end with my incarceration in a chair in the Principal's office. That ended in high school though, after being expelled from one school and transferred to another (again) I decided to focus on studying. Meaning, I would finish my work early and then go play Command & Conquer or Descent in the computer lab. |
| I usually, Think what will be happening in 10 minutes in this class, then try to predict the future, and then see if it comes true. Try to write super neat to impress my self, box in notes. I don't read(other than assigned book(s), txt or play games in class. |
MiraniaSep 16, 2013 5:03 PM
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-Sloth- said: ^ relying on your intelligence in college is not your best choiceInfiniteRufus said: Rely on my intelligence to get me through. I had a fairly good track record with that. Ya until you hit uni, I did the same I even didn't study for my finals. I tried the same thing for uni only to fail my first semester flat, it really is bit of a jump, assuming you don't do arts & crafts. |
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| well, i had a crazy boring motherfucker teacher the previous year, it was such a miracle that i survived, he had his code, you can't sleep, you can't open your cellphone, you can't speak, you can't eat or drink even water during my class, you can't smile without a reasonable reason, you can't play with your pencil or even with your hand, and anyone who dare break any of these roles, he gets his ass kicked and this was the gap, i was trying every time he opens his damn mouth to break one of these roles so he can kick me out of this damn boring class. |
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| Quit being a little shit and pay attention? |
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Sourire said: -Sloth- said: ^ relying on your intelligence in college is not your best choiceInfiniteRufus said: Rely on my intelligence to get me through. I had a fairly good track record with that. Ya until you hit uni, I did the same I even didn't study for my finals. I tried the same thing for uni only to fail my first semester flat, it really is bit of a jump, assuming you don't do arts & crafts. I did literally nothing last year apart from the two weeks before the exam (and the 1.5 weeks during them) where I suddenly realised how much of a dipshit I'd been in not working up until then and worked my ass off. I did alright considering, but it's not an experience I want to repeat. |
Sourire said: I find this annoying and discourteous. You can quite easily choose to not come to class ever again, so is it really such a big deal to wait until the end of one lecture? Your time is not that important.How would you react if someone left the classroom in the middle of a lecture? InfiniteRufus said: I basically did that for the first three years of my undergrad, lol. I kind of regret it, but oh well. I did literally nothing last year apart from the two weeks before the exam (and the 1.5 weeks during them) where I suddenly realised how much of a dipshit I'd been in not working up until then and worked my ass off. I did alright considering, but it's not an experience I want to repeat. |
JoshSep 16, 2013 5:21 PM
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Usually I try to seduce my classmates, I try to grab their asses when they don't notice or whispering cute things in their ear. They can't do nothing about it because the teacher could suspend them, so they stay submissive while I do this. |
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| You are paying for courses in college, if you have a bad teacher demand to be withdrawn and changed into another equal course and also file a complaint against the teacher with the staff so he can be looked into. This is a product you're being given in exchange for cash when you're in university, it's a business, you don't take shitty service and ignore it or avoid it - you do something about it. Stop treating college like an easier-to-avoid version of high school. You should be there for an education, not "because I have to go but lol i'd rather play games during class". You aren't a child, and you shouldn't be wasting space in a uni if you aren't there to learn. |
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Maria_Sama said: Usually I try to seduce my classmates, I try to grab their asses when they don't notice or whispering cute things in their ear. They can't do nothing about it because the teacher could suspend them, so they stay submissive while I do this. Why does this feel like a scene right out of some kinky manga? |
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InfiniteRufus said: it depends what you're studying, you can't do that studying law or anything that require reading a shit load of texts.Sourire said: -Sloth- said: ^ relying on your intelligence in college is not your best choiceInfiniteRufus said: Rely on my intelligence to get me through. I had a fairly good track record with that. Ya until you hit uni, I did the same I even didn't study for my finals. I tried the same thing for uni only to fail my first semester flat, it really is bit of a jump, assuming you don't do arts & crafts. I did literally nothing last year apart from the two weeks before the exam (and the 1.5 weeks during them) where I suddenly realised how much of a dipshit I'd been in not working up until then and worked my ass off. I did alright considering, but it's not an experience I want to repeat. |
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TallonKarrde23 said: the other class from the same subject is full at the moment, I'll schedule a meeting to try and get another teacher or I'll just switch subject for this semester and take it next semester with another teacher.if you have a bad teacher demand to be withdrawn and changed into another equal course |
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Daconator said: TallonKarrde23 said: You are paying for courses in college, if you have a bad teacher demand to be withdrawn and changed into another equal course and also file a complaint against the teacher with the staff so he can be looked into. This is a product you're being given in exchange for cash when you're in university, it's a business, you don't take shitty service and ignore it or avoid it - you do something about it. Stop treating college like an easier-to-avoid version of high school. You should be there for an education, not "because I have to go but lol i'd rather play games during class". You aren't a child, and you shouldn't be wasting space in a uni if you aren't there to learn. Pretty much this with the exception you might not be bothered to actually file a complaint, like me, for whatever reason you have. In that case, you'll just make the effort of trying to learn through a boring teacher. Many times, it's not the teacher who's boring, but the subject at hand, or you not understanding anything of what's being explained. From personal experience, I find it curious that people who claim they don't pay attention in classes because they are way too boring, don't realize that it is often the other way around. Yeah, I suppose a complaint is only necessary if they are a legitimately bad educator in some serious way that hampers the ability to learn from them (and only if you care enough to bother) - not just 'boring' or 'uninteresting'. |
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TallonKarrde23 said: You are paying for courses in college, if you have a bad teacher demand to be withdrawn and changed into another equal course and also file a complaint against the teacher with the staff so he can be looked into. This is a product you're being given in exchange for cash when you're in university, it's a business, you don't take shitty service and ignore it or avoid it - you do something about it. Stop treating college like an easier-to-avoid version of high school. You should be there for an education, not "because I have to go but lol i'd rather play games during class". You aren't a child, and you shouldn't be wasting space in a uni if you aren't there to learn. In my mind, I think the college would just take a complaint for the teacher being boring as just garbage on probably file the complaint as "Short attention span" |
MclovinballsSep 16, 2013 5:37 PM
TallonKarrde23 said: I think you're expecting too much of the people that go straight from high-school to college. You should be there for an education, not "because I have to go but lol i'd rather play games during class". You aren't a child, and you shouldn't be wasting space in a uni if you aren't there to learn. Why would someone who just mucked around and got good grades in high-school suddenly transform into a good student? Why would someone who was systematically taught that grades are more important than learning suddenly realize that the reverse is true? Why would someone who has yet to be out of school suddenly realize the true value of having the skills to get a decent job? etc. I don't disagree with you, I just think there are a lot of logical reasons that "the lazy college student" exists. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
Mclovinballs said: TallonKarrde23 said: You are paying for courses in college, if you have a bad teacher demand to be withdrawn and changed into another equal course and also file a complaint against the teacher with the staff so he can be looked into. This is a product you're being given in exchange for cash when you're in university, it's a business, you don't take shitty service and ignore it or avoid it - you do something about it. Stop treating college like an easier-to-avoid version of high school. You should be there for an education, not "because I have to go but lol i'd rather play games during class". You aren't a child, and you shouldn't be wasting space in a uni if you aren't there to learn. In my mind, I think the college would just take a complaint for the teacher being boring as just garbage on probably file the complaint as "Short attention span" In my experiences my bad teachers were legitimately shitty at their job, assholes, didn't explain shit, were terrible in class - some not even pretending to teach and mostly ignoring the class, didn't make their website properly for online courses and refused to explain very important details and just passed out Fs because nobody could do the work - stuff like that. I was too vague when I said my original post. Araby said: TallonKarrde23 said: I think you're expecting too much of the people that go straight from high-school to college. Why would someone who just mucked around and got good grades in high-school suddenly transform into a good student? Why would someone who was systematically taught that grades are more important than learning suddenly realize that the reverse is true? Why would someone who has yet to be out of school suddenly realize the true value of having the skills to get a decent job? etc. You should be there for an education, not "because I have to go but lol i'd rather play games during class". You aren't a child, and you shouldn't be wasting space in a uni if you aren't there to learn. I don't disagree with you, I just think there are a lot of logical reasons that "the lazy college student" exists. I went direct from high school to college and I took my education seriously at that point, only taking courses I was genuinely interested in, trying to actually LEARN things while I was there - while in high school I did was a typical "going because I have to" albeit I got good grades and played sports. So it's entirely possible to do. I expect it of others because I was capable of it and I am not anyone special in any way. I get the 'issues' that get in the way of it, but the only people who become a lazy college student is because you don't care enough to push through those issues. Hell, college is a great opportunity to just do what you want. You want to learn about space? Take all courses related to that, fuck everything else. There's no excuse NOT to learn in uni because you can just take courses that are things that interest you. Nobody is forcing any classes on you aside GERs which you can always put aside anyway. I get the idea of 'grades are all that matters and school is a chore' - sure, but in college how can you not find any classes that are relevant enough to your interests at all? Everyone has stuff they want to learn more about or be better at. |
TallonKarrde23Sep 16, 2013 5:43 PM
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TallonKarrde23 said: Araby said: TallonKarrde23 said: I think you're expecting too much of the people that go straight from high-school to college. Why would someone who just mucked around and got good grades in high-school suddenly transform into a good student? Why would someone who was systematically taught that grades are more important than learning suddenly realize that the reverse is true? Why would someone who has yet to be out of school suddenly realize the true value of having the skills to get a decent job? etc. You should be there for an education, not "because I have to go but lol i'd rather play games during class". You aren't a child, and you shouldn't be wasting space in a uni if you aren't there to learn. I don't disagree with you, I just think there are a lot of logical reasons that "the lazy college student" exists. I went direct from high school to college and I took my education seriously at that point, only taking courses I was genuinely interested in, trying to actually LEARN things while I was there - while in high school I did was a typical "going because I have to" albeit I got good grades. So it's entirely possible to do. I expect it of others because I was capable of it and I am not anyone special in any way. I get the 'issues' that get in the way of it, but the only people who become a lazy college student is because you don't care enough to push through those issues. Hell, college is a great opportunity to just do what you want. You want to learn about space? Take all courses related to that, fuck everything else. There's no excuse NOT to learn in uni because you can just take courses that are things that interest you. Nobody is forcing any classes on you aside GERs which you can always put aside anyway. I get the idea of 'grades are all that matters and school is a chore' - sure, but in college how can you not find any classes that are relevant enough to your interests at all? Everyone has stuff they want to learn more about or be better at. And what if we just think that some things in college are actually flawed? I want my degree in animation, I wish my college made the courses for animation more tailored to focusing on needed skills. In order to get my animation degree though, I have to pay for courses that have nothing to do with animation like math, English, and Science. I learned that shit in high school where it was prepping me for college, but I view college as a prepping me for a job in my major. |
Mclovinballs said: And what if we just think that some things in college are actually flawed? I want my degree in animation, I wish my college made the courses for animation more tailored to focusing on needed skills. In order to get my animation degree though, I have to pay for courses that have nothing to do with animation like math, English, and Science. I learned that shit in high school where it was prepping me for college, but I view college as a prepping me for a job in my major. Well, that's the GERs - which are required to graduate any college because that's just how the system works. But they only make you do through high-school top-level math, science, and english, so it's not really an issue and you can push it off till your final year even. Albeit, yeah, that's a big problem because it's a waste of fucking time and money. I never said college is perfect, it's far from it in all sorts of ways, but there's no excuse to treat it as high school 2.0 either. Having to take an English course to fulfill your GERs doesn't somehow make it okay to play video games and fuck around texting people and shit during your ACTUAL courses. Not that YOU do, I mean in general. And just like anything in life, sometimes there are things required of you you don't like - but if you don't pass them you will not get what you're trying to get. So yes, you do have to take a FEW courses of shit you shouldn't have to, but need to pass in order to get your degree. If you can without paying attention or going to class - fine. But for your actual major related classes and electives? There's no reason to not take those and really try to learn in them. |
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Mclovinballs said: Your teacher doesn't notice an excessive use on mouse and keyboard when playing games? I'm just that ninja |
| if there was a boring teacher i wouldnt just play games or sleep i would at least try to pay attention to the teacher out of respect |
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beavis2323 said: This coming from you? hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaif there was a boring teacher i wouldnt just play games or sleep i would at least try to pay attention to the teacher out of respect |
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True, even I get annoyed when I see kids playing on cell phones in class or other things. For me though, its just hard to put effort into something that I feel is genuinely unnecessary, and it shows in my just passing grades. |
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