>If there is a better way to get out of jury duty than showing a flagrant disregard for the whole process then I would love to hear it.

Know how the law works. And make it obvious when the judge and lawyers are talking to you. Lawyers hate educated jurors, especially jurors who know how the law works. Prosecutors will be scared they'll fail to convince you, and defense attorneys will be scared you're too smart to have the wool pulled over your eyes.

As soon as I told the judge I was a history teacher who had also taught law, I was dismissed.