Yeah, it is a struggle for people who don't read before the class. Which is also why "nobody read it" tends to turn into "ok, so read it now" which does tend t

Yeah, it is a struggle for people who don't read before the class. Which is also why "nobody read it" tends to turn into "ok, so read it now" which does tend to bring up questions within about 10 minutes. But I've seen it convert a sizable number of people into readers, since it's an abnormality and takes a few classes to adjust to. Obviously YMMV though, it depends on everything, and nothing works for everyone in every situation. Re last paragraph: I mean that I don't understand the point of spending a full lecture on exactly the same material as is in the book, unless the goal is almost exclusively to help people who don't learn well from reading, but do from listening. Which is a valid goal, but so far I've only seen an extreme minority claim this as their goal.