> I think the writer is understating the importance of the exercises. I think it's not so much that I'm understating the importance of the exercises as that I'

> I think the writer is understating the importance of the exercises. I think it's not so much that I'm understating the importance of the exercises as that I'm coming from a position where by the time I want to read a textbook these days I effectively have my own exercises to work on. That being said, it's true that I've always had a more-than-healthy aversion to actually doing the textbook exercises, and it's something I should work on.