Attention span

I'm really terrible at listening to instructions; I get bored really easily and just switch off! It's making college a bit difficult because I never know what the hell we're supposed to be doing. :laugh:

Does anyone else have a short attention span?

Reply 1

Steeeeevo

15

yes very. But I can usualy overcome it by

Hohoho, you card.

lol. I try to keep eye contact and it helps me concentrate.

Reply 4

non-centrally acting

11

I tend to start day dreaming in class but i always shake myself out off it when my teacher asks me a question. sit next to a mate, cos then you'll never make a fool out of yourself :smile:

Reply 5

stratomaster

Yeah! In chemistry practicals I never know what the hell i'm suppost to be doing.

Reply 6

quintsy

17

stratomaster

Yeah! In chemistry practicals I never know what the hell i'm suppost to be doing.

Exactly the same! I'm not so confident in practicals, especially when the teacher starts to rush you.

Yesterday we did an experiment which made Sulphur Dioxide, and she told us in no uncertain terms that we were not to breathe it in.

I was trying to focus, because I don't want to die :P and we also had to heat a pyrex beaker in a bunsen burner (with the blue flame of course) with our bare hands, and I could not see the flame at all.

How hot do the blue bunsen burner flames get? Isn't it a thousand degrees? :eek:

Reply 7

yellowgunk2003

Original post by stratomaster

Yeah! In chemistry practicals I never know what the hell i'm suppost to be doing.

You wouldn't have stood a hell's chance in my chemistry teacher's lessons! :eek:

Reply 8

hellodave5

19

My attention span seems to be short as hell.
Mind tends to wander a lot, so takes a bit of dedicated effort to stay in the moment.
I always tend to switch between doing different things. I struggle to focus my attention to one thing, unless I have to.
Suppose it is both a strength and a weakness. I will probably end up being a jack of all trades, but a master of none. Ah well - not such a bad thing.

Reply 9

username1060297

21

Original post by quintsy

Exactly the same! I'm not so confident in practicals, especially when the teacher starts to rush you.

Yesterday we did an experiment which made Sulphur Dioxide, and she told us in no uncertain terms that we were not to breathe it in.

I was trying to focus, because I don't want to die :P and we also had to heat a pyrex beaker in a bunsen burner (with the blue flame of course) with our bare hands, and I could not see the flame at all.

How hot do the blue bunsen burner flames get? Isn't it a thousand degrees? :eek:

Original post by yellowgunk2003

You wouldn't have stood a hell's chance in my chemistry teacher's lessons! :eek:

Original post by hellodave5

My attention span seems to be short as hell.
Mind tends to wander a lot, so takes a bit of dedicated effort to stay in the moment.
I always tend to switch between doing different things. I struggle to focus my attention to one thing, unless I have to.
Suppose it is both a strength and a weakness. I will probably end up being a jack of all trades, but a master of none. Ah well - not such a bad thing.