Sure there were times when the jagged-edged blades of boredom came close to dispiriting you away from your academic interests. This is very dangerous because the consequence might be academic death. You don’t want to end waking-up one day regretting, that had you been more determined to be attentive on that class, or endured that trite talks of your calculus professor, you wouldn’t have been disposed in the unemployed ranks. Scary as this may seem but statistically speaking, this has been occasionally the cause of academic mortality resulting to more and more youth having their lives wasted working over some electronic shop for a lowly pay rate or worse, the house couch.

You would definitely do not want to be hitting the sack for the rest of your life.
But although classroom boredom is an inevitable course of nature it doesn’t mean that there’s no antidote to it. And what’s good about this antidote is that it would only take you the will to inoculate yourself and be free from the clutches of its mishap. Here are some motivation tips where you might kickoff:

1. Find your focus

   Knowing the state of mind where you get to be more attentive plays a vital role in being attentive in your class. It would be a helpful tip to find any sense of interest on a particular subject you’re taking despite the dislike. Interests can be long-term but simple. For example: You want to learn mathematics because you don’t want to end up unable to solve future mathematical problems your life might encounter. –basic but important.

2. Visualize the fun environment

   If your teacher seems to look like a talking rock some time, don’t be afraid to imagine things. Work that wonderland in your head. You could imagine the classroom to be one big playroom. Where you can play and interact as well with other players within the room and that includes your teacher (just like Sesame Street).

3. Find a medium to fire you up

   If all attempts to incite your mind fails, you can always find something to divert your energy to. Like paperclips or go outside the classroom and buy some juice to cool you down for a while. This medium will help you cool down or refocus your center interests. More like a reprieve from the boring classroom from time to time. Just make sure that it won’t completely put you off-track the lesson flow. Some times this medium can be too much of a diversion that it’s not healthy anymore.

4. Find something else to do while pretending to be listening

   Actually, this tip is not a motivational one. This is when desperate times calls for desperate measures. When all that is ultimately left as an option is merely to crossover the long and winding road of boredom. You can go get your mobile phone and text your boyfriend or girlfriend of things you want to talk about instead of listening to your insipidly, lecturing professor. Or pull those PSPs out of the bag; even wire those iPod phones to your ears. Though be reminded that this method requires finesse and subtlety. You don’t want to find yourself spending the next hours on a detention ward or else a painful dismissal. So keep them secret so as not to bust the cover. Just make sure you don’t do this more than often.

5. Look forward towards the end of the class

   Nothing can be more motivating during an apparently “dead” lecture than to think that it is going to end sooner or later. This process requires you to have patience, to wait and persevere until the end. In here, you are not strictly encouraged for any interaction or pretense and what not. Just sit and lay back as you watch the time fly by. Sometimes it’s fast, sometimes slow, but it will end one way or the other. But this method should be accompanied with the effort to cope in the following sessions and by that we mean coping on time. Never forget to do homework and study for the next lecture. Advance reading could also be very helpful.

Of course you have the prerogative to choose which form of motivation best suits you that will keep you attentive in the class. Those that were mentioned above are merely advices that may or may not apply to you.

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