This had its idea in a post in another board. Also, I have absolutely NO CLUE where this thread should go.
Not only in formal education, but in life, does pretending to like or pretending to want to do something that you actually don't like or want to do help you to at least tolerate it? And when shouldn't you do it?
For example, (this is just an example, not something that's actually happened to me) say you are forced to interact with a group of people you know you will loathe. One word out of their mouth and you know it'll be a long couple of hours. Do you pretend that their jokes are witty/funny? You obviously don't want to hurt their feelings.
Honestly, probably not the clearest metaphorical representation of what I'm really trying to get at, but bear with me (I guess). Right now, I loathe writing essays for English. Probably not the best time to say that, seeing as I am in Year 12, and I have a bloody English SAC tomorrow
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hint hint this is where the idea of this thread came from I have to do it, though, and just complaining of its utter uselessness to me just doesn't work anymore. I obviously am wary of the teacher's feelings, and know full well of their dedication towards teaching English, hence why I don't really want to be telling them things like, Oh, take your essays and burn them for eternity!
(Which, if I wasn't, I would have no problem shouting this from the rooftops.).
So, based on the advice I was given on the relevant thread, I decided to actually fake my opinion on essays, saying or thinking things like, yeah! I'm gonna write some essays today! and essays are awesome! It didn't quite spur me yet, though.
Final question, will this work for other subjects too when they inevitably get dry and mundane?