10 Great Ways to Keep Yourself Awake at School

1. Singing in you head

   If you are sitting in class completely bored, than try to sing a song you like in you head. You know those times when you get some song stuck in your head that you absolutely hate. Try to get a song stuck in you head, but make it one you like.

2. Tap you feet

   This one does not have to be loud or obnoxious. Even if your class room has hard floors you can still do this without making too much noise. Keep the heels planted and tap the tips of you feel softly. Do this while singing a song in you head and you can stay happy.

3. Play with an object

   Many teachers find it annoying if you are playing with something and not paying attention. So to pull this off were a light jacket or a hoodie. Basically anything that has pockets on the side will do. Just put you object in it and play away. The trick is you want to have something interesting. Coins and bottle caps are okay, but anything you can bend and manipulate is even better.

4. Coin Tricks

   
   

   This one is a big risk. You want to be someone who isn’t in one of the front two rows. Also you want to have a book or something soft on you desk. A piece of paper won’t work too well. The reason you will need this is that if you drop the coin, it won’t make as much noise by landing on a soft surface as it would if it landed on the hard desk. This is the flaw. If you make an annoying noise, the teach could get onto you and you can get the coin taken up. For this reason practice at home and make sure you get good. If you do not want to take the risk, than use plastic coins which won’t make as much noise. Now here is what you do with the coin. Firstly you can learn the flip the coin between your fingers. You push the coin up with your thumbs, and let it drop on you index finger. Then you pull it up with you middle finger, and then let it rest with you middle finger. Continue this until you get to the where you flip it up with the pinky finger, but instead of flipping it up, let if fall between your middle and pinky finger and catch it with you thumb. Pull you thumb back across and start over. The second thing you can do is work on coin trick techniques such as palming a coin. Palming a coin is when you hold the coin between the fleshy part near your thumb and the fleshy part near your fingers. This is how some coin tricks are done. Once you get the skill down, you can pretend to throw it into you other hand when you really have it palmed in the first one.

5. Do other work in class

   There is a correct way to do this and an incorrect way. The incorrect way is to just sit there with you face in you desk doing your work. The correct way is to have a good set up. Make sure you have you book for the class you are in and a page where you have written notes for the class. By doing this you can easy pick up your notes and show the teacher the notes if he or she asks what you are doing. The next thing you have to do is make sure you look at the teacher every once and a while. Make eye contact to show that you are paying attention. I recommend learning how to write without looking. This way you look down at the page for the question and then you start to answer. While answering look at the teacher to show that you are a good student, paying attention and taking notes. The difficulty comes in when you need a text book to finish your work. You can solve this by either putting the text book underneath the text book for the class you are in and having the page you need to work on sticking out, or you can set it down on the floor open and have you backpack standing up next to it. Then when you need to know the problem glance down and read the problem.

6. Write or Draw

   If you are in a situation where you have no homework than I suggest just writing or drawing. For writing you can write song lyrics if you are a musician, or if you just like writing songs. Also you can write a story. Don’t write anything stupid or embarrassing. If you get caught the teacher may read it to themselves or even to the class. Drawing is a bit more difficult. Making art that looks good requires that you look at the paper. For this reason, I suggest drawing in certain intervals of time. This way you can take time to make the eye contract that shows that you paying attention. Also this will give you time to think about what you want to do next to add to your piece of work.

7. Day Dream/Pondering

   This is a great one and it is something we do anyway a lot of the time. There are things you can do with this to help you with other things. For example if you play an instrument, or if you have a project, you can play out the rest of the day and when you will work on these things. This can help you with time management. You can get away with writing this down to help you remember. Think about and write about your passions. If you’re an artist than think about what pieces you want to create next. If you are a musician than write out your scales and make chords for those scales. If you are a football player or a soccer player than draw plays for your team. You can also make calculations for goals you want to complete. For example, if you want to make a certain amount of money for an item than you can figure out how long it will take you to get the amount of cash based on how long you will work or how much you will make. You can make your pondering and day dreaming useful rather than just pointless nonsense.

8. Create ways to communicate with you friends

   There are many ways that you can have a conversation with your friends without being caught. I wouldn’t ever just flat out talk or write notes. It is easy to get caught talking, and for those who want to pay attention, it is very obnoxious. With note passing, you can get into a lot of trouble if the note gets picked up. Here are some methods to keep it safe. The first thing you can do is write you notes in code. Before class, make up a quick code with you friend. Next you can learn Morse code. You can get the message across one of two ways. First, you can write the code down and second once you get really good you can tap your pencils to get the code across. A tap with the pencil tip can be the dot and a tap from the eraser can be a dash. Finally, and one of the most common, is text messaging. People can text people from other class rooms, even other schools. You simple silence your phone and keep it in you pocket. From there every once and awhile pull it out a little to see if you received a message and then wait until the right moment to reply. Avoid looking down too much or the teacher might suspect that you are doing something. This method is the best and if possible should most likely be the one that is used. The other methods are best for those who do not own a cell phone.

9. Listen to music

   This one is a pretty big risk, but if done properly, you can get away with it. The best way to pull this off is if you have a jacket with pockets on the inside. If not you can still just use your pockets and you will still get away with it. Keep the iPod or mp3 player in your pocket. Then have the chord for the headphones run up through your jacket or shirt and then up your sleeve. Then just simply lean you head against you hand putting the headphone in your ear allowing you to listen. Also if you have long hair you may be able to get by with putting it up the back of your shirt and into your ear being concealed by your hair.

10. Actually pay attention and try to learn

    Honestly this is the best of everything. You want to make good grades, but you want to have fun. So try and merge the two together. If you become engaged in class by paying attention and taking notes than you will learn the material and you can keep yourself occupied. Subjects like science can be very interesting when you are able to recognized something or connect something with what you know in the real world. Asking questions can keep you interested and finding out more about something you think is cool, but don’t know about, will keep you from being bored in class.

But if you absolutely don’t want to pay attention and learn, just do any of the other nine items on this list.

From: http://quazen.com/kids-and-teens/school-time/10-great-ways-to-keep-yourself-awake-at-school/