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>This is not too different than the old fashioned way of reading books for English class: keep a yellow pad alongside of the book as you read, and as you read e
by aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago
>This is not too different than the old fashioned way of reading books for English class: keep a yellow pad alongside of the book as you read, and as you read each page, note down the main points made on that page, along with the page number.
Wew… That’s a pretty painful way to “enjoy” a book.
- throwaway81523 5y agoWell, it's not reading for entertainment or relaxation, it's coursework where the assignment is to read the book and then write a paper analyzing it. I like reading but was always stupefied by the amount of reading (big armload of books and you had to actually read each of them cover to cover) that those classes required. Math was a lot easier. A class would have one book, would cover maybe half of it, and you didn't have to really read it beyond flipping pages enough to figure out how to do the problem sets. But I'm glad I took the English classes since their point was to teach critical reading and writing, which I hadn't been familiar with before, and which is an important skill. They weren't just about giving you cultcha by exposing you to litteratcha.