The other day in class, one of my peers pointed out that the textbook we are required to read from is incredibly dry and boring. I could not agree with you more! I have rarely found any sort of textbook to be a helpful learning device as I will now explain.
It appears that the educator’s who take it upon themselves to write textbooks are writing them for their own personal gain, showing how knowledgeable they are about a certain subject or how scholarly they can sound. Giving too much information or writing on a level that is not universally understandable to all audiences is a violation of the main goal of the textbook, which is to educate.
Writing a textbook for personal or scholarly purposes also violates the interests of the students. An educator must at all times motivate and keep his or her students interested and go to great lengths to make sure his or her students are comprehending the material. By writing a textbook primarily for personal gain or scholarly purposes, the educator can no longer lay claim to being an educator as he or she has proven that they no longer have the needs of their students in mind.