Am I really the only one that actually reads college textbooks?

[Neoma]

Please say I'm not.

[Lyric]

1. I read both mine and my domestic partner's books.

They're interesting :)

[Neoma]

2. What were they about?

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. I had that impression when I went to college too.

Dormmates running around like chickens with their heads cut off. "OMG I have a test what am I gonna do?" "Uh, read the book?." My father, a professor, roared with laughter and said, "Yes! READ THE FUCKING BOOK!"

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Depends on the textbook.

But I have purchased some good ones in my day.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. It's been years but I still remember some completely un-readable texts from undergrad.

Particularly some history and political science books. Topics the authors could have made so exciting yet just sat there.

[Neoma]

6. Ah.

Some books that people call boring are really interesting to me. :P

[DarkTirade]

7. Depends on the book.

After the first month or two of class I stopped using my math textbook because the teacher taught us everything we needed to know, and the only assignments that were graded were the ones that weren't from the book.

On the other hand, I've failed history tests before because I got so engrossed in what I was reading that I read ahead and accidentally answered questions on the test about greek culture with answers from roman culture. :P

[Neoma]

18. I can relate to that.

I'm currently reading my Study Skills book because the teacher barely covers anything in class. She just talks all day and covers the bare minimum.

[End Of The Road]

8. Math textbooks

I was lousy at math, and hated it, because the instructors lost me with their class lectures. In desperation, I started reading the explanations in the text, and voila, math wasn't so hard after all. Actually got an A+ on a calculus exam once.

[leftyclimber]

9. Nope.

:hi:

[PVnRT]

10. No, I still have many of mine at work

...and I buy old engineering textbooks off eBay and read them, too.

[Rhythm]

11. I read everything eventually...

Though i swear i am always a class behind in my reading... *ugh*

[Fox Mulder]

12. Nope.

I still read my college geology textbooks.

[skygazer]

13. I read textbooks from classes I don't even have

So, no, you're not the only one. :hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

14. Please tell me this isn't another work at home get-rich-scheme!

[Neoma]

17. Uh...

I actually go to college. :silly:

[kimmerspixelated]

20. I figured that...I was just being silly!

Cheers! I'm a graduate myself!

[Bucky]

15. I held onto one of my Aquinistic philosophy books after college. It cured my insomnia.

God bless you, St Thomas Aquinas!

[Inchworm]

16. I have shelves of textbooks

that I never took the class for. :D

:thumbsup:

[BreweryYardRat]

19. Depends upon the book.

Some are great. Some are borderline unreadable. I distinctly remember throwing the book for one of my freshman courses (philosophy) into a wall in disgust.

[orleans]

21. i always read mine, then i'd color them (highlighting queen) then i'd

read what i highlighted (mostly all of it) five to ten times for tests

some of the books i loved so much i still have (never could sell some of them back or part w/them)

(i suspect i'm a freak)

[applegrove]

22. I would if I could afford to. I love learning something completely new.

[Chan790]

23. I do. Only Poli. Sci, fundraising and NPO management.