Have you or would you ever read an entire college textbook?

Question

Just for the knowledge, not because you would receive any academic recognition for doing so.

Answer 1

Absolutely. Because a lot of them have tests inside and you can grade yourself by checking the answers in the back. I believe anything can be self taught if you have the mental wherewithal to assimilate the information.

Answer 2

For me it depends on whether or not I am interested in the subject matter. I took a vegetable production class and almost made it through the entire book (I like plants), but at the same time I would rather have myself burned or eaten alive than read more that what was totally needed out of my physics book.

Answer 3

Yes, although I would not have admitted it had I not read a few of the other answers first! I had a few great professors in history, psy, theatre and dev. studies. their support of a text was enough of a push for me to get all I could from the textbook! I still buy old textbooks now sometimes to read at leisure.

Answer 4

Yes, back in Psychology 101. It was not necessary to read the entire book--but I found it fascinating. I have also read history books that I was not required to read--again, because the particular ones I read were of interest to me.

Answer 5

I read my hospitality law text from cover to cover....not because I liked the class (my prof. was a pain in the a**!), but because it had a ton of case studies that were really interesting.

Answer 6

oh heals nooooooooo
because you can't be that stupid just type the name of the book in yahoo and write summary
example

search --- the texbook name + summary

Answer 7

Yes if I was interested in it that much I would.

Answer 8

Yes I have for Rhetoric.