Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 4: Play
• Method 2 of 4: Look around
• Method 3 of 4: Change Your Attitude
• Method 4 of 4: Get Rid of the Problem
• Tips
• Warnings

Sometimes you need to figure out how to kill time in class if you are too anxious or unable to concentrate. There are many games to keep you busy. You can look around and find something interesting besides the teacher. Try to find the root of the problem so that this behavior does not become a habit.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Play

1. 1 Use your phone. In some lessons, you can't use phones, but if you can, the phone will save you from boredom. Use apps, play games, or chat with friends. Remember to turn off the sound and be careful.
2. 2 Play tic-tac-toe. Offer to play with your deskmate or play with yourself, but try not to make noise. You can play in series of up to four wins in seven games, and then change your opponent and start over.
3. 3 Count it. Try counting the number of times someone sneezes during class, especially during cold season. You can also count the yawning students or the number of questions to the teacher.
4. 4 Draw in a notebook. Draw entire landscapes or characters. You can also draw on the soles of your shoes so that mom and teacher don't notice anything, because the notebook will stay clean. You can always carry a notebook or blank paper with you.
   • Create intricate patterns and patterns. Use pens and pencils of different colors, or poke holes in the paper and connect them with lines.
   • Try to draw a complex image without lifting your pencil from the paper. I wonder how detailed the drawing will turn out.
5. 5 Origami. Learn the art of origami to fold paper airplanes or more complex designs. You can simply try to fold a piece of paper in half more than 12 times. After ten it will be very difficult.
6. 6 Write with your non-working hand. If you usually write with your right hand, then try writing with your left or vice versa. Then try to make out what you've written.
   • You can also try writing text with both hands at the same time and get regular sentences written on both sides at once.
7. 7 Draw 3D objects. Try drawing 3D shapes and creating structures. Combine several 3D cubes or try to draw a book as close to reality as possible.
8. 8 Focus on one sound. Try to isolate yourself from all other sounds and focus all your attention on the ticking of the clock or your own breathing. Try to calm your mind.
9. 9 Draw yourself a temporary tattoo. Draw on the exposed part of the arm or leg. Make the task more difficult and try to repeat the same pattern with the other hand.
10. 10 Tricks with the body. Try to reach the tip of your nose with your tongue or fold your tongue into a tube. You can also raise and lower your eyebrows alternately. Get to know your body's capabilities, but don't distract others. Be careful not to get noticed.

Method 2 of 4: Look around

1. 1 Make eye contact. It doesn't matter who is your partner. Connect with a classmate and make a funny face or just smile. You can also wink at someone you like.
   • Killing time is always easier with a company. Try to exchange funny faces for as long as possible, and then talk about the funniest moments during recess.
   • Do not look into the eyes of someone who is capable of betraying you, considering you stupid or offended.
2. 2 Have a chat. If you have a lot of classmates, then you can always chat quietly on the back desk and not disturb anyone. Wait for the teacher to move away. Don't start a conversation with someone who is listening carefully to the teacher. Watch out for those who look around, and you can easily find the interlocutor.
   • Say something like, "Well, boring things, huh?"
3. 3 Study your surroundings. Use your imagination to come up with stories about things as trivial as peeling paint on a wall or a stray strand from a classmate. Find all the items in the class with the letter A and move further alphabetically. You can observe everything in the world.
   • Develop any thought that arises. Don't limit yourself to boring things.
4. 4 Concentrate on patterns. Find hidden patterns on ceilings, walls, clothing, and outside the window. You can also draw your own patterns in a notebook.
5. 5 Guess what classmates are doing on their phones. Find the person who is looking at the phone and then try to understand what they are doing. If you don't know, try to identify phone models by their appearance.
   • Think about what games your classmates can play on the phone, and ask after class to test your guess. Turn this activity into a game and count the points for the correct answers.
6. 6 Read everything you see. Read the inscriptions in someone else's notebook, textbook or on things. This method will allow you to have an interesting time and not disturb anyone. Restrain your laughter if you read something funny, otherwise you might be noticed.
   • Do not read newspapers and magazines, as the teacher may consider this disrespectful and punish you.

Method 3 of 4: Change Your Attitude

1. 1 Change your way of thinking. The lesson should not be considered boring. Convince yourself that the class is fun. If the brain is deceived and believe that the lesson is interesting, then time will fly by much faster.
2. 2 Change your way of doing things. Sit down at a different desk or try changing your handwriting. The researchers concluded that if you stimulate yourself with unusual activities, then the mind will perceive time differently.
   • Do not sit in another place if the teacher has seated you, you cannot see or hear well, or if the new place is worse than the previous one.
3. 3 Rejoice at your accomplishments. Turn the lesson into a game. Count the number of your questions and answers to the teacher. The joy of achievement gives strength. You can set more complex goals. For example, ask the teacher to explain the lesson to you using famous films.
4. 4 Let your imagination run wild. Dream, don't hold back your fantasies. Research shows that going into a dream world for a short time accelerates the perception of time. Come up with situations or think about your ideas.

Method 4 of 4: Get Rid of the Problem

1. 1 Find out what causes boredom. Is it about the teacher? A problematic topic? Are you lonely? Understand why you need to kill time. The lessons are of great value, so it is important to understand the reasons for this attitude.
2. 2 Talk to your teacher. If the teacher fails to interest you in the topic, then talk to him after the lesson. Explain that it is difficult for you to concentrate on the activity, and then listen to his suggestions. The teacher will surely appreciate your initiative and make an effort to make you interesting in the classroom.
   • If you are bored despite all the efforts on the part of the teacher, then talk to your parents and the head teacher. It is possible that this problem has not occurred for the first time. Try to find a joint solution.
3. 3 Enjoy your hard work. If the subject is too light, then you may want to kill time and occupy yourself with something more complex. Do not be sprayed with useless entertainment and focus on work, participate in the lesson. Ask questions, offer to prepare special presentations or projects.
4. 4 Interact with your teacher and classmates. It's easy to get distracted if you're not being paid attention to. Listen to the teacher and ask questions that interest you. Clarify the meaning of your classmates' questions if you do not understand it. Participate in the discussion. Help the teacher make the subject interesting for the entire class.
   • Invite the teacher to discuss controversial issues to force herself to come up with a compelling argument.
5. 5 Offer group assignments. The lesson will be more fun if you need to work together with friends. Often in the classroom, it is forbidden to talk to classmates, but group assignments solve this problem. In the process of work, you have the opportunity to chat a little, not only on the topic of the lesson.

Tips

• Have fun. This does not require special conditions.
• Do not play to the detriment of others.
• Collaborate with a classmate.
• Cover your drawings with a book or wait for the teacher to look away so he doesn't notice.

Warnings

• Don't do stupid or dangerous things. Better to avoid injury and punishment.
• Make sure the teacher is not suspicious.
• Stop if you get noticed. Save yourself the trouble.
• Don't snore or drool.
• Don't let an innocent classmate be punished.
• Try not to fool around in class too often. Sometimes fooling around is quite harmless, but if you do not study all year, you can write bad tests and semester papers and get an unsatisfactory grade in the subject.