"Ce`" <natalie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Mandorallen wrote:
>> On 2006-08-14, BaJoRi <bajori@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > Christ, it was bad. I wouldn't spend the money on it, so wasted two
>> > hours of
>> > my time in a Barnes & Noble. If anything, this book made the other
>> > three
>>
>> 2 hours? reading a 400+ page book? That's 200 pages an hour. At that
>> rate, I'm suprised you managed to even skim it, let alone read it. Not
>> that I'm disagreeing with your *****sment of the book, mind.
>
I have been speed-reading since the age of 12. Most people read in groups
of
words of 3-4 words per group, as sentence structure is virtually the same
for any piece of reading material, so our minds actually leap ahead at
times
in what has been written. With a little training and practice, the number
of
words can be expanded, until you can basically grasp entire sentences at a
glance. (That is about the limit of my abilities on this. I can do maybe
two
or three sentences at a time) I knew a girl who could do it with near
entire
paragraphs, and could finish a 400 page book in less than a half hour, and
still have excellent recollection (which is the im****tant thing, otherwise
you have done nothing but waste time). There is a guy in California that
could actually do whole pages at a time, and finished a 500 page book in
about 12 minutes, with recollection. (I wish I could do even the
paragraph).
There are cl***** on how to do this, but I have never heard of an adult
being able to pick it up. It is something that young people are better
able
to learn, possibly because the minds are more agile.
However, if the book is worth reading, I will consciously slow down my
speed, as reading should be an enjoyment and it is good to savor something
well written. With such books, I sometimes catch myself speeding along,
and
will re-read entire chapters, just to enjoy it.
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