Boredom
John Farley, 17, UK
Questionnaire by Simon Marshall, UK
1.What percentage of your time at school do you find boring?
John: 80%
2. If you are interested in the subject and the teacher is boring do you still enjoy your lessons?
John: No
3. Can an interesting teacher make a boring subject interesting for you?
John: to a certain extent, yes.
4. What type of activities in the foreign language lesson do you find interesting/boring?
John: in French found almost everything boring, but the teacher was funny.
5. What are some of the personal behaviours of a boring teacher?
John: constant talking and lecturing.
6. Do you think your feeling of boredom is a result of outside influences or something
that starts from within you?
John: within.
7. To what extent do you feel that your sense of boredom is your own responsibility?
John: the feeling isn't my responsibility. Overcoming it is.
8. To what extent do you think your teacher should "entertain" you?
John: as much as possible!
9. When you are bored, what strategies, if any, do you employ to overcome the feeling?
John: completely switch off and enter a Zen-like trance.
10. What other feelings are close to boredom for you?
John: anger, feeling down.
[Editorial note: John has recently moved out of studying for A levels and gone into paid employment. ]
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