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Boredom – High boredom prone

Be aware that you are more prone to boredom than others might be. This means that you are more likely to find things boring, you need more activity, are more easily distracted and find it difficult to cope with routine/boring work.

Like any job, school will always have elements that are less exciting than others. Because you now know how boredom prone you are, you can take action to try to cope better with the more boring parts of your school life.

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Your action plan

Start by identifying those parts of school that are most boring to you. List the lessons or activities that are part of your daily life (eg Maths, assembly etc) and give them a score for how boring you find them (0= not at all boring and 100 = the most boring that you have ever found something). In the next column, make a note of what it is about that activity that makes it either less boring or more boring for you.

Lesson/Activity number 1.

1. Lesson/activity
1. How boring is it?
0
0
100
1. What makes this boring/not boring?

Lesson/Activity number 2.

2. Lesson/activity
2. How boring is it?
0
0
100
2. What makes this boring/not boring?

Lesson/Activity number 3.

3. Lesson/activity
3. How boring is it?
0
0
100
3. What makes this boring/not boring?

Lesson/Activity number 4.

4. Lesson/activity
4. How boring is it?
0
0
100
4. What makes this boring/not boring?

Lesson/Activity number 5.

5. Lesson/activity
5. How boring is it?
0
0
100
5. What makes this boring/not boring?

Lesson/Activity number 6.

6. Lesson/activity
6. How boring is it?
0
0
100
6. What makes this boring/not boring?

Lesson/Activity number 7.

7. Lesson/activity
7. How boring is it?
0
0
100
7. What makes this boring/not boring?

Now think of ways, with your mentor, of making the boring things more bearable. For example:

  • Could I participate more/ask questions?
  • Could I doodle?
  • Could I reward myself for getting through a boring lesson?
  • Could I read around a topic to make it more interesting?
  • Do I need help with a topic?
  • Can I ask for more interactive material? (Your teacher is aware of your doing this project so should allow you to ask for such things)
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