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How to effectively waste time

You don't like the subject, you don't like the teacher. You're plain bored. Whatever the reason, it's always a bit of fun to "waste" time in class (or maybe assembly, if your school isn't very big and might be disturbed by one person). So here's some stuff you can do: (they won't work on everybody, so make sure it's worth trying first)

If you hate a subject, moan a lot and ask questions like "what is the point to this?" or "I'm never gonna use this in life". Depending on the teacher, you could start a long discussion from that, and let the others do the talking while you can peacefully daydream.....
While the teacher's talking, ask a question on something he/she was talking about 5 minutes ago. He can't get angry, because you're participating in class, except you will set him back. The rest of the class will be free while he re-explains the stuff.... If you work together, you could have people take turns doing this sort of thing, eventually the whole period will be gone. This works best with teachers that have a habit of straying off the point ;-)
Collect school notices (stuff that gets sent to teachers with info on meetings, etc). Make your own ones that look similar, and distribute it to teachers. If you can forge the principal's signature even better.... Like tell certain teachers you hate that times have changed and that they don't have a class (when they do). They either won't show up, or will get confused and go ask, which will make the principal confused, which will make everyone confused.... There, you've successfully confused everyone. Feel proud :) You can take this further and make notices saying there's no school on a specific day for whatever reason.
Make a list of all the hated teachers with their phone numbers, adresses, etc. Make lots of copies and distribute it. Now whenever somebody's angry with a teacher, they can get revenge. Ideas: order them something that takes cash-on-delivery.... there's plenty more you can do.... be naughty :)
If you can get access to a phone at school (or nearby), before class, phone school and ask to speak to the teacher you have next. Say it's urgent. If you're a good talker you can keep him/her busy for a long time. - Shaft
If you're working on a computer, make it crash or reset it and complain there's something wrong with it. Then the teacher could take a while to fix it, maybe they call a technician. - Sarah
In computer class, unplug your mouse and keyboard from the computer and say the computer froze. It'll baffle your teacher. - NoThaut
Get lots of people to ask to go to the bathroom, one after the other. Each one must stay there at least 5 minutes. It's a "bodily function" so the teacher can't say no, although they might say no anyway. - Tre' Danger
Pretend you lost your school bag/backpack or say someone stole it. Say you can't do anything without it, get the teacher to let you look for it. Then stay away as long as you like. - libby
Do clumsy things. Bump into your teacher while he/she is carrying coffee, knock over books and stuff. Accidentally break things. - Robby Sowell
Whenever a teacher says a big word, ALWAYS ask what it means. Go further and ask where the word originated from, stray off the topic, etc. - Andy
Ask to go to the bathroom, then put some fast-drying, strong glue in the door's latch... then you're stuck in there. Blame it on someone else, of course.(This idea was provided by Sonia
Pretend you're deaf or hard of hearing and keep asking the teacher to repeat stuff cause you didn't hear it. Be careful though, or you might get moved to the front of the class... - Genocide404
Ask a question that the teacher won't know the answer to, then when they don't answer, insist that you want to know, and maybe they'll look it up or something. (This idea was provided by Jen
Make things "accidentally" explode in chemistry class... try not to injure anybody though (not even the teacher). If you can't make it look like an accident, just don't do it. Look for explosive recipes on the net or in the anarchists cookbook. - darklord
Completely skip a project then get hysterical and cry about it. The teacher will have to deal with your emotional problems before they can do anything else. Or you could say you just broke up with a girl/boyfriend and cry about that. - libby
When there is a sub and as usual dont want to do jacksquat, have someone raise your (or a friend's) hand and say you or your friend lost a contact lense. The sub SHOULD agree and have the class help you find it. All you got to do is pretend to look. Before you know it class is over. - the monkey
If you can get to class before the teacher, grab the clock in the room and set the hand forward 10 minutes. You should have someone stand outside the door and make a lot of noise if they see the teacher comming. - old hand
If you have a christian teacher, raise your hand and ask what is wrong with gay marriages causing a class discussion. - j3
If you have to copy notes from the overhed or the board, pretend it is taking you a long time. when the teacher asks if everyones finished copying them, say no. then, if they erase the notes or take the notes off the overhead, complain that you didn't finish copying them. usually the teacher will let you borrow their personal copy of the notes. if you 'forget to return them' it will mess up their classes for the rest of the day, which is nice if you have a friend in the same class before or after you. - Pedro

There used to be other things like glueing the teacher's coffee cup to the desk, or putting slimy stuff on doorknobs on this page as well, but I removed those. Things like that may waste a bit of time (like, 5 seconds), but are likely to piss the teacher off, who will then be less likely to tolerate less irritating things afterward, like the stuff on this page.

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