When I was in highschool I had several books I had to read that I hated. So i learned to beat the system. I found several online reviews of the book, read those

When I was in highschool I had several books I had to read that I hated. So i learned to beat the system. I found several online reviews of the book, read those, and the re-wrote them in my own words. Ironically i learned more that way then when I read the books myself, as i would actually have to think of how to re-write the the essays in my own words. When I was reading the book and not liking it, then it would be like a lot of school info, get it in my head, and once the assignment / test was done, forget it all.