Speed Reading

[Tyguy]

Who here can do it. And how long did it take you to learn?

 

[Ennui]

i read fast but it's not like technique to skim or anything

 

[AntiAnto]

Concentration is the key.

 

[Gorgon]

Concentration is the key.

what he said. and practice is a key too.

 

[Parlez]

I have only tried like 7 or 8 times and it messed me up. It would take a long time for me to be able to do this I think.

 

[knut]

Yeah, I can skim read, but I only usually do it with magazines or books I need to read for school that really aren't very intresting (Shakespeare, for example) But like said, its not really a technique or anything.

 

[Que-Ever]

D: Shakespeare is funny. Sometimes.

 

[Tr0n]

You're making too many threads ty... D:

 

[knut]

D: Shakespeare is funny. Sometimes.

Not really. I've never been amused by his work, or intrested either. If anything, Macbeth was the only book I liked, but I say 'liked' as light as I can. I can't even remember the books we studied for English. They were so horrendously boring.

EDIT: Me saying ''Not really'' makes me sound like its a national fact that his work isn't amusing. My apologies.

 

[Jangle]

I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

 

[Adidajs]

i have never taken a course, but i read rather rapidly, attributable mostly to my love of reading.

 

[bryanf445]

D: Shakespeare is funny. Sometimes.

no, hes rather evil actually

 

[mortiz]

Reading? What, you mean like books? Preposterous.

 

[Slacker]

I skim-read all the time. It's just sort of a natural talent.

 

[15357]

Me too.

btw, shakespear eats babies.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Hehe that's brilliant, Woody is a talented guy!

Me too.
btw, shakespear eats babies.

Get some taste!

I can read at a fast pace, i'm sure countless people can, but i choose to read slowly to take in every bit, and remember almost every bit. I enjoy things more that way, and have a better understanding.

 

[Tyguy]

You're making too many threads ty... D:

I dont see how actively participating in creating interesting discussions by making a few threads is a bad thing

 

[Geogaddi]

I can naturally read pretty fast, but I think that there is a technuiqe or something that people take classes for. I see ads for courses that claim they can teach you to read pages in a second and retain 98%...


EDIT: Who cares if Tyguy makes a lot of threads if they aren't myspace threads?

 

[destrukt]

I kind of speed read, though I 'taught myself.'

Basically, you read a page or so so you have an idea of the writing style/language used and than you don't read the parts you know are 'useless' - yup, sounds crazy but it works and I more or less never miss anything important and I use it @ uni and so on.

I'd explain it more, but it's a bit hard to, but yeah, either learn your own method or find out how to.

 

[Geogaddi]

I do that on uninteresting things that I read because I have/need to, but I don't actually think about when I do it.

 

[Vass]

I can fast read through articles but with novels I'm interested in, I don't. Maybe it's cause I don't want to read it fast....who knows.