What do you do in school when your bored?

[brentdahamster]

I just watch youtube vidoes in my head that I remember.

[brentdahamster]

Just now, Benji said:

Do what I'm asked to?

 

When you're done with an assignment, say so and ask for a new one.

You strange for asking for a new assignment

[Retro_R]

I'm litterly in school right now. Usually i just mess around online, usually on discord or youtube. But the school is having super super tight regulations for some reasons but i'm still getting around them. At least if the class/teacher lets us use our laptops in class, which is usually the case.

[WhitetailAni]

Work on my chipset database project, mostly. It's not fun when you have one screen and have to do split-screen but having a touchscreen makes it easier.

I'm done with up to Slot 1.

[Retro_R]

2 minutes ago, Benji said:

It's a school, those sites are not supposed to work on a school. A school is for learning and not for lollygagging. Why is everyone on this forum that goes to a school so incredibly lazy?

lmao sorry that schools boring, dad. I mean i dont really think im lazy, i do my homework at least when i can, i dont get the worst grades. School is just super boring and a bit much so i need to not do it

[brentdahamster]

2 minutes ago, Benji said:

It's a school, those sites are not supposed to work on a school. A school is for learning and not for lollygagging. Why is everyone on this forum that goes to a school so incredibly lazy?

It just sometimes get boring listening to the teachers rambling on. I have As in 4 in my classes and the others are Bs.

[pythonmegapixel]

17 minutes ago, Benji said:

It's a school, those sites are not supposed to work on a school. A school is for learning and not for lollygagging. Why is everyone on this forum that goes to a school so incredibly lazy?

Your location is listed as Germany, where children are, I understand, treated as what they actually are - smaller, less mature adults, with the same fundemental details as other humans. Now I don't mean to say you had it easy, but rather you probably saw school as your friend, rather than your enemy.

 

In the British schools I went to, it often felt like we were viewed as an entirely different species, and especially in the exam years were ridiculously overloaded with work, for many people to the point that they collapsed mentally under the stress. It is easy to understand why the average student would not want to suck up to this awful system - especially when to do so would give them an even greater workload.

[Retro_R]

1 minute ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Your location is listed as Germany, where children are, I understand, treated as what they actually are - smaller, less mature adults.

 

In the British schools I went to, it often felt like we were viewed as an entirely different species, and especially in the exam years were ridiculously overloaded with work, for many people to the point that they collapsed mentally under the stress. It is easy to understand why the average student would not want to suck up to this awful system - especially when to do so would give them an even greater workload.

Ooooh that makes sense then. Lmao thats also kinda the same here too. Probably why not doing your work is so normal amoung students here. The school system sucks.

 

2 minutes ago, Benji said:

Most sites were locked on the school laptops and computers, besides adult content (yup, makes perfect sense).

I feel like they know what they doin at that point lmao

[18358414]

In high school I completed the curriculum for computer science about 3 months ahead of schedule.  So me and the guy next to me just messed around with the CD-ROM drive on the computer.  We crammed like $20 in spare change into that thing before it gave up the ghost. 

[Computernaut]

Look at this thread. At least that's what I'm doing right now.

[12345678]

On 6/9/2021 at 5:44 PM, Benji said:

Sorry, but I was never that lazy. "Oh, I'm done with the bare minimum. Now I'm just doing nothing!" Nah.

it depends where you're working at

in some places where you're literally treated like a slave labor, I doubt that you'll be like that

[connorkincaid]

On 6/9/2021 at 10:47 AM, Benji said:

It's a school, those sites are not supposed to work on a school. A school is for learning and not for lollygagging. Why is everyone on this forum that goes to a school so incredibly lazy?

If you went to school in the states, I think you might understand a little better. 

 

Education is...lackluster(?) in most public school systems. 

[Surestgarlic2]

I play mine craft or fortnite or this game called lol beans or I look up random computer specs

[akio123008]

On 6/9/2021 at 5:54 PM, pythonmegapixel said:

Your location is listed as Germany, where children are, I understand, treated as what they actually are - smaller, less mature adults, with the same fundemental details as other humans. Now I don't mean to say you had it easy, but rather you probably saw school as your friend, rather than your enemy.

While perhaps this is partially true, I don't think it's about being in Germany (or any other place for that matter).

 

It just depends on what kind of person you are. Some like school, others don't. I went to school in Holland, and I was always one of the laziest people around, doing just the bare minimum to get a sufficient grade and move on. (and a lot of others did the same) On the other hand, there were also people around more like @Benji.

 

It has to do with how higher grades don't actually make a difference. Here in Holland we use a 1-10 grading system, above 5.5 is sufficient. No one cares if you get a 6 or an 8 out of 10; both are sufficient in the end. Being excellent has no actual advantage but is just extra work. I had plenty of other things going on, and avoiding any kind of extra work/assignments was always an absolute no-brainer. At least, that's how I've always seen it.

 

 

 

[Jay427]

I would skip and play video games, or read a subject I was actually interested in.

Failed High School.

Returned to college and got a 4.0 in every subject. 

3 hours ago, akio123008 said:

It has to do with how higher grades don't actually make a difference.

I agree in a general sense, but not when it comes to subjects of international value like STEM.

In the states, excelling in these subjects can get you a free ride through college (High School), and land you an absurd employment contract before you even graduate from your classes (College).  I looked at a local job posting for a software engineer, offering up to $150,000.00 a year right out of the gate.  Mathematicians are hired immediately by the federal government, with a similar outlook for chemists and physicists.

This is why I always advised students who weren't sure on what they wanted to do yet:  Go into the work force until you know what your passion is, or get a degree that's of international value.  Something you never hear from a guidance counselor.

[LloydLynx]

This is a screenshot I took of my school computer back in 2019. I eventually got caught and they wiped my account.

(look at the taskbar)

[Derkoli]

On 6/9/2021 at 4:54 PM, pythonmegapixel said:

In the British schools I went to, it often felt like we were viewed as an entirely different species, and especially in the exam years were ridiculously overloaded with work, for many people to the point that they collapsed mentally under the stress. It is easy to understand why the average student would not want to suck up to this awful system - especially when to do so would give them an even greater workload.

God, I remember this. I think I only had one teacher who treated us like human beings.

 

Even as a teacher, I can say that the entire UK education system is fairly effed up. Even though we rank pretty damn well, I still think it's atrocious.

 

Luckily, I work in FE/HE, so it's pretty good. Our departments generally get our respective budget chucked at us and then we're left alone, Which is ideal. But I think my experience is skewed, as I teach theatre work, which is kinda niche and you do need a good work ethic to get anywhere in it.

[EL02]

Play multiplayer mobile games with my friends at the back row. Sadly, we haven't gone back to classes since the covid outbreak.