prompter: How can I pay attention in school when the teacher is talking about a subject which I find boring?

assistant: Here are some tips that may help you stay focused in class even when the subject matter is not particularly interesting to you:

Set a goal: Determine why you need to pay attention in class, such as to learn something new or to get a good grade. Having a goal can help you stay motivated.

Get engaged: Try to actively participate in class by asking questions, taking notes, and making connections to real-life examples. This can make the subject matter more interesting and memorable.

Change your perspective: Try to look at the subject from a different angle and see if that makes it more interesting. For example, consider how the topic relates to your future goals or how it connects to other subjects you enjoy.

Stay organized: Make sure you have all the materials you need and that your workspace is organized. This can help you stay focused and avoid distractions.

Remember, the goal is to get the most out of your education and develop valuable learning skills that will serve you well in the future.

prompter: thank you for your help!

assistant: You are quite welcome! Is there anything else I might help you with, like for example a topic you had in a lecture in school, you need help understanding?

prompter: Could you please elaborate on the "change your perspective" bullet point?

prompter: Thank you for the advice. To be more specific, I want to be an engineer and find that some subjects do not contribute to this goal at all. For example, I will not need knowledge on Shakespeare's plays to be a good engineer. Can you adapt your suggestions to my situation and provide me with three concrete methods I could use to improve my attention in English class?

assistant: It depends why you find it boring.

If you think it'll never be useful to you, you should try and think how it could be useful. Everything will be useful somewhere in life, otherwise they wouldn't teach it to you.

If you find the subject too easy, try thinking about a more complex problem within the subject, and explore the subject in greater depth than you're taught.

You should also try to not get distracted by others. Their boredom shouldn't make you miss out on the class.

prompter: Don't you think it's possible that some subjects are teached in school just because traditionally it has always been done this way? I find english literature way too boring and useless in my day-to-day life.

assistant: Yes, it's possible that some subjects are taught in schools due to tradition rather than practicality. However, subjects like English literature can help you develop critical thinking skills, communication skills, and the ability to analyze and interpret texts, which can be useful in various fields and aspects of life.

assistant: School subjects follow programs or curricula that respond to different needs. Some subjects need to prepare you for your daily life or future work, other need to teach you the culture and past of human race. Finding a specific subject boring and useless in day-to-day life might be common, but it should not prevent you from learning new things and that is likely to help you develop your character and turn you into a better person.

assistant: Yes and no, as you are part of the answer, it will depend on your perspective of what is useful. Traditions are also useful, but you don't seem to think this way, so they won't appear as useful. Your choice on what to give your attention is also part of the answer, and your attention have its focus in questioning things and that is breaking the social protocol of what is a school, so it won't appear as interesting given your social context.
Any social activity of humans are based on protocols, that is, they are axiomatic by nature, that is it won't make sense because it is not supposed to make sense. 
So questioning it is the wrong way of viewing this question.
I would suggest that you accept that school now it is not as good as it can be, but given that the perspective of change is not possible, why don't you make the most of it? As you are a human I would suggest you change your focus momentarily on the boredom of english literature and realize that it was made to be boring as it is not tailor-made to you. So if I really want to challenge the system, You should not see it as boring because you can change my focus and search what gives you meaning on english literature.

assistant: Every knowledge is useful to know, Learning English literature may seem boring and unhelpful now, but in the future you may reach a situation where the literature you learn now is used as a reference, and knowing that reference will help you better understand the subject at hand.
On the other hand, you are right that it is not a necessary tool in an adult's day-to-day life and a better usage of your time today would be to instill in you the desire to learn these things on your own.

assistant: Seriously consider why the subject is boring and perhaps prepare questions that would make the content more interesting for yourself as well as the rest of the class.