Mooman has it right. If you are bored with what your teacher is giving you, you need to ask for more variety, more challenge, or a change to something you enjoy or are inspired by.

That is a tall order for the teacher of a beginning musician, but if the main goal is instilling (or expanding) the joy of playing the instrument (part of which is learning to play it better, i.e., technique, the practice of which can be boring), then that technique needs to be embedded in "real" music that will be a joy to play, even at a rudimentary level.

Of course, some teachers think the joy of music should be secondary to getting the technique right. In that case, a change of teachers might be in order.

Good luck, be assertive, and, in my opinion, fooling around, experimenting, and going off on your own is almost always a good thing! Find things you love to play!

David