Is Reading a Bad Way to Gather Information?

I think reading is just such a bad way to learn because in many ways it's passive it's not experiential like you remember your experiences. One of the things therefore I try to do in class is rather than teach people things I try to create little experiences for them they'll like this one Steve so do you know this $20 auction  you basically say I'm going to auction off this $20 bill to both pay version both people have to pay bothpeople have to pay i love that yeah tell people about it it's incredibleYeah in class I hold it up as here's a $20 bill I'm gonna auction it off and someone to give it to the winner just to