Sometimes reading does not seem practical

Sometimes reading may not always seem practical if the subject matter does not intrigue me. Think about it, some professors ask you to read about twenty pages out of a textbook and expect you to understand it. This can seem unpractical in many ways to just read and understand. Really when they tell you to read the chapter, they are acutally saying read and take notes. That is the only way that I can actually pull information out of a textbook and actually understand it. After all, almost every textbook known to mankind uses the same formant and quite honestly it is repetetive and boring to the reader. bareley anyone is intrigued after reading a full chapter out of a textbook that is full of information that is just written in order. I guess all that I am trying to say is that the format for textbooks should be imporved in a way that is more beneficial to students and that will encourage them to read and stay focused for the following classes to come.