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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not everything we learn is super engaging or fun. Sometimes learning new things can feel boring. Seems pretty normal. In Asian countries do they make everything super exciting and engaging? When I see photos of classrooms in China they’re usually packed with kids sitting in rows and it looks more teacher centered than student centered. Yet they seem to do better academically.... Maybe they have more respect and better attention spans than most American kids? I really don’t know. Am curious.

Article: “Your kids bored at school? Tell them to get over it.”
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article90271002.html

Someone here says “it can’t always be fun. That’s unrealistic for you and for them.” But thanks for putting pressure on teachers to not only teach your kids but to also entertain your kids.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/406qbb/the_pressure_to_always_have_an_engaging_lesson/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body

Bored second graders and a teacher that must use a boring curriculum but attempts to make it more interesting, yet the kids still whine it’s boring...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/64aacj/students_complaining_about_being_bored_2nd_grade/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body

This teacher isn’t sorry chemistry made one student so bored they just had to tell their teacher they’re too boring. How polite. https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/alxgju/this_class_is_boringi_just_wanted_to_let_you_know/

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The thing is, learning knowledge is not boring. Administrators somehow got that into their heads, but it’s the opposite. Learning strategies is boring.  Learning the same thing over and over is boring. Not getting to learn anything new is boring. Not being challenged is boring.

When kids are busy learning new skills and rich stories from history and science and doing hands-on experiments, they are hardly ever bored . 
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