I'm not good at staying focused. I daydream. A lot. Yesterday i was so deep in my daydreaming at the bus stop that my bus stopped, opened the doors, waited, closed the doors and had begun to drive away before i realised that i should probably have got on it.
It seems that this year, most of my teachers particularly enjoy making us sit in alphabetical order. This means in most lessons i am sitting next to the same people. Lets call them G and S (to protect their identity, also because i'm not sure how to spell S's name). G and S are very very boring, and grumpy, and have already made it very clear that they would rather not have anything to do with me. The plus side of this alphabetical order thing is that i'm sitting next to the window in almost all of my lessons. Awesome. Well, not very awesome if i actually want to pass these GCSEs.
I should never be allowed to sit next to the window if what's going on outside is a thousand times more interesting than what's going on inside. Which is pretty much always.
Here are some examples from recently-
Men standing on the school roof = more interesting than Chemistry.
Builders arguing about sand = more interesting than graphics.
Year 7s learning to play hockey on the field = more interesting than Physics.
Caretakers moving wheelie bins around = more interesting than IT.
Squirrel looking puzzled = more interested than French.
Blades of grass = more interesting than maths.
In fact, scratching my own eyeballs until they bleed = more interesting than maths.
Oh, and who put me in an accelerated maths group? I don't belong there. They won't let me leave. I asked to join another class but I "haven't given it a go yet". Has the whole world gotten together behind my back and decided to make me feel as awful and stupid as possible?
If you never play a song all the way to the end on Spotify, it never plays any adverts.
And i may have discovered a good thing about being horribly clumsy and having bad balance.
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Get that maths thing sorted. Really. Exact same thing happened to me and it screwed up my chances of a decent qualification.
ReplyDeleteThey think they know better but you know what you're capable of. By the time you have 'given it a go' it's too late. They move you to a different class, you're completely out of synch with the new group and you never get caught up.
Be firm, make sure they know that you aren't being lazy, just realistic and if they have any sense they'll listen to you.
And there is nothing on this Earth more interesting than builders arguing about sand so don't fight it.