Let's face it: school is a drag. It might seem hard, even impossible, survive a day of school, but with this guide, you can make it easier on yourself.
Steps
- Sleeping is an option, but teachers will notice after a while. If you do decide to do this, try and hide yourself behind a book, or stay in the back of the room.
- Do homework from another class. That way, you won't go home having to worry about the loads of homework awaiting you.
- Draw or Doodle things on note book paper in the margins of notes: Cartoons, shapeless blobs, and anything else that tickles your fancy.. These look like harmless things to teachers and chances are they will not punish you for these things. Just remember to write everything on the board just in case the info was important. Sometimes, if you sit far away from the teacher and tilt your notebook up, it will just look like you are taking notes. Glance up at the teacher every so often so it seems like you are paying attention and writing down everything.
- Zone out, but try and remember the last sentence your teacher said, just in case your teacher asks you to prove you were listening. Some people develop a talent of having one ear listen to what the teacher says, but think about something else entirely. Then, if the teacher calls on you, announces important information, or the class reacts to some exciting - or not so exciting - news, ("There's a test tomorrow", or "No homework!") you can replay what you just heard with one ear, and you won't have missed anything.
- Read magazines or novels, because they're often better reads than your textbook. Hide the magazine behind the book, but figure out a way to disguise it if your teacher makes rounds of the classroom.
- Pass notes or send text messages. Remember to put your phone on silent - if you put it on vibrate, people WILL hear (for most phones).
- Chew gum, or suck on hard candy. You'll still have to listen to the lessons, but you can have all sorts of fun manipulating the treat inside your mouth.
- Do Origami. Get a piece of paper and fold stuff.
- Look for loose change in your pockets. It's surprising how fun a quarter can be- flip it to answer true or false questions, Flick the coin so it spins, think about the next arcade game you are going to play with the quarter, etc.
- Play video games like the hand held things such as a graphing calculator, nintendo ds, or psp. Make sure to hide these behind folders because the ds and psp are obviously a game while the graphing calculators are less obvious. Keep in mind that if caught the teacher may confiscate it so you should use at your own risk.
Tips
- If passing notes, fold as tiny as possible.
- If you are stuck reading something boring, try putting it to a tune or a rap... just don't actually start singing out loud!
- Quarters hitting desks can be noisy. Flip with caution.
- Sometimes teachers will be nice and give you a warning for playing games in class.
- If passing notes, and you have a mechanical pencil, write the note on a small piece of paper and put it inside the pencil. then, pass the pencil to a friend who knows the note is in there. He can then open it and read it, and reply with another note, etc. That way when you are passing it and the teacher sees you, you can just say "I was just letting him borrow my pencil". Also see about learning morse code and using that.
Warnings
- Most schools don't allow gum, so make sure the teacher doesn't see your jaw moving.
- If you are caught by the teacher doing homework from another class, the teacher may consider it as cheating, and may confinscate the HW.
- If the teacher catches your note, they might read it in front of the class. Make sure it contains no profanity, and that you'd have no problem if your grandmother read it. Don't gossip or down talk anyone, because if your teacher reads it aloud, you could have people mad at you.
- Do not do this all the time, as school matters. Maybe not now, but it sure will when you go applying for jobs.
- Origami folding is loud, so do at your own risk!
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