Journal of Boredom Studies

No. 3 (2025)
Essays

Student Boredom, Boring Professors, and Student Burnout. Literary Autoethnography on How and Why I Have Become a Boredom Researcher

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  • Mariusz Finkielsztein

Published 2025-12-09

Keywords

  • boredom,
  • student boredom,
  • academic boredom,
  • student burnout,
  • boring professors

How to Cite

Finkielsztein, M. . (2025). Student Boredom, Boring Professors, and Student Burnout. Literary Autoethnography on How and Why I Have Become a Boredom Researcher. Journal of Boredom Studies, (3). Retrieved from https://www.boredomsociety.com/jbs/index.php/journal/article/view/52

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Abstract

The essay describes in an auto-ethnographical and literary form the life experiences of academic boredom and academic burnout. It covers in a condensed and subjective manner the last year of the author’s MA studies depicting boring lecturers: Professor Skuka, dr. Langeweile and professor Nudzisz in a vivid, hyperbolic, and ironic way. The main aim of the essay is to explain the Author’s motives and his starting point in choosing to become a boredom researcher.

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