I recall being Caulfield in this respect. Of course in my case I’d already read the current chapter(s) in the text. Sometimes it was really boring and I had no interest in hearing the teacher simply re-hashing the same old stuff. Sometimes it was interesting and I’d already read farther ahead, done some of the exercises etc. and had no need to listen to a rehash.
I recall being Caulfield in this respect. Of course in my case I’d already read the current chapter(s) in the text. Sometimes it was really boring and I had no interest in hearing the teacher simply re-hashing the same old stuff. Sometimes it was interesting and I’d already read farther ahead, done some of the exercises etc. and had no need to listen to a rehash.