Speed Reading

Well, ok, not really.
I'm a pretty fast reader. Mostly because I love to read, and do so constantly. Pretty much anything I can get my hands on, I'll read.
One thing I have learned is that reading fiction is way easier, and faster then reading non-fiction, for the most part. And the more fun the novel, the easier and faster the read.

But anyway, I do want to give you a way to "speed read." Actually it was something I learned in sixth grade, in a how to study course our school provided.

What we were taught to do is read the first sentence and the last sentence of every paragraph. This should give you a good overview of every paragraph, and therefore of the passage.

To be completely honest with you, I've never used this method, mostly because I read fast enough to keep up with someone using it. Not to brag.

From what I saw, by using this method you can get a pretty decent knowledge of the subject you are reading. While I wouldn't suggest this method for something you want to truly learn, or something that truly needs your full attention, its a great method to use with Magazine articles, reports at work, or any other reading material that you must review, but isn't necessary that you are an expert with it.

ok, see ya later!