This can't be a surprise to anyone can it? They can be boring, entertaining, exciting, repetitive, straight-from-the-textbook or enlightening but surely no one

This can't be a surprise to anyone can it? They can be boring, entertaining, exciting, repetitive, straight-from-the-textbook or enlightening but surely no one thought lectures were primarily educational. Good lecturers made me want to read the book, study the subject, experiment on my own or do my best on assignments and labs. That's the purpose of the lecture in my opinion.