[RunItUpTheGut]

I had the same problem throughout school.
Call it dyslexia or whatever you want, but i often had to reread things 4 or 5 times before i understood what i needed to.
The best way i coped with it is by only searching for the key words i needed.
When your in a class that you hate, especially one that has no affect on your degree, its hard to give a crap, but it has to be done. One of the easiest ways i found was to buy the book online through places that had word searches for the book and by typing it in it showed you exactly where it was at. This always helped me.

As for keeping focus.....goodluck, everybody gets bored with school work.