<p>Do you read everything assigned by your professors?</p>
<p>I saw this: <a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/205995/slide_205995_634868_large.jpg?1327425746%5B/url%5D">http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/205995/slide_205995_634868_large.jpg?1327425746</a> and realized that this is me.</p>
<p>Depends on the class. I have assigned reading for my drama and companion animal biology class, and I have to read what I’m assigned in those classes, because we discuss the readings (and in my animal biology class discussion, we even have worksheets based on what we’ve read). </p>
<p>If the professor doesn’t care whether students read assigned readings or not, then I don’t even other.</p>
<p>Generally I don’t read. Most of my classes so far have been things like business courses. I learned better by doing the online exercises than reading the book, partly since the lectures covered everything that the book said anyway. I really just bought the books so I could get the online access codes lol.</p>
<p>Gonna try and change that this semester though.</p>
<p>…not since the first week of freshman year. For my English classes, especially Brit Lit, and anthropology, I read most of the assigned chapters but not all of them. I have opened my ochem textbook and never read anything for general chemistry because it goes into too much detail on irrelevant things (for exams). And I skim for biology but I’d rather over the notes from lecture than chapters in the book because the exams and quizzes usually come from lecture more than anything else.</p>
<p>Depends…primarily small discussion courses, yes, I tried to read as much as I could so I didn’t look like an idiot in class or be the only one not contributing (which usually is a good sign you didn’t read). If it’s mostly lecture-style classes where they repeat everything back to you, then no, I find reading and then having it thrown up on me again in class to be a waste of my time. Plus the teacher in those types of classes cover what is most important, so I don’t spend time on things I don’t need to know.</p>
<p>In large classes, no not usually. In small classes (which are most of mine), I do read everything because often we have to post online for credit or have to do reaction papers in class. It’s just easier to read rather than try to BS it.</p>
<p>My grades in my current English class are dependent on the readings. So, for now, yes. Thankfully after this year, this will be the last English class I’ll ever need to take.</p>
<p>I take all English classes, so while I need to read the books, it’s almost impossible to read all of them.
I usually make a decision to give up one or two per class.</p>
<p>Depending on your schedule, it’s often not possible to read everything assigned without literally living in permanent study mode.</p>
<p>I personally try to read what’s assigned, but if it tops a couple hundred pages in a week, I usually have to skim or skip some readings just to make it through.</p>
<p>My History professor this semester said we were going to need it, so I have been. But I skipped the last reading, and it didn’t affect anything, soo…idk if I’m going to continue…</p>
<p>For English, yes, always.</p>
<p>I never read everything. I usually just read stuff before a test or I figure out what’s important to read and then read that. Overall though I’m more likely to only consult the book if I’m confused and can’t do some homework or something like that. I just can’t get into reading that much, lol.</p>
<p>idk, depends on what ratemyprofessor tells me about the class.</p>
<p>Joking aside (kinda), I usually get a ‘feel’ of how the class runs the first few weeks and how much we are quizzed on the reading assignments. If it’s some intensive reading for a history course, I usually just skim most of the time. But it really depends on the professor and how much detail they like to include on tests.</p>
