How to Read in College
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How to Read in College
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Re: How to Read in College
#2Ah, the overly verbose circlejerk of Academia. On the up-stroke you learn to extract fact from the layers of bullshit, and on the down-stroke you learn to wrap the facts you've discovered in layers of bullshit.
Re: How to Read in College
#3I can't tell if this is a prank.
A post on "How to Read in College" targeted at college age students who (paraphrased) "can't possibly read everything assigned to them" goes over...3000 words without even an overview?
He then adds nonsense disclaimers, buried at the end. This post is hopeless.
Re: How to Read in College
#4I can't tell if this is a prank. A post on "How to Read in College" targeted at college age students who (paraphrased) "can't possibly read everything assigned to them" goes over...3000 words without even an overview? He then adds nonsense disclaimers, buried at the end. This post is hopeless.
3000 words isn't much for the typical college student reading 100+ pages a week
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#5I can't tell if this is a prank. A post on "How to Read in College" targeted at college age students who (paraphrased) "can't possibly read everything assigned to them" goes over...3000 words without even an overview? He then adds nonsense disclaimers, buried at the end. This post is hopeless.
it's verbose because he uses examples from a specific reading. this was originally in print; had it been written for the web, with shorter expectations of length, it could be summed up pretty concisely.
his disclaimers are hot garbage though. "NONE of this advice applies ... if you’re otherwise operating in a discipline where close reading is centrally important to the way the discipline thinks" and goes on to say "my advice is most useful in ... literary or cultural criticism" - derrida would like to have a word with you about how you think literary criticism doesn't involve close reading
disclaimer: i skimmed the article
Re: How to Read in College
#6I can't tell if this is a prank. A post on "How to Read in College" targeted at college age students who (paraphrased) "can't possibly read everything assigned to them" goes over...3000 words without even an overview? He then adds nonsense disclaimers, buried at the end. This post is hopeless.
3000 words isn't much for the typical college student reading 100+ pages a week
Let's say that you're reading for comprehension and read fast (200 wpm). That's 15 min. carved out of your discretionary time budget.
That's significant, let alone the fact you're taking a chance ROI-wise by reading a random blog. Furthermore, asking "Can you?" is different than "Should you?" I'm hitting on the latter.
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#7I can't tell if this is a prank. A post on "How to Read in College" targeted at college age students who (paraphrased) "can't possibly read everything assigned to them" goes over...3000 words without even an overview? He then adds nonsense disclaimers, buried at the end. This post is hopeless.
it's verbose because he uses examples from a specific reading. this was originally in print; had it been written for the web, with shorter expectations of length, it could be summed up pretty concisely. his disclaimers are hot garbage though. "NONE of this advice applies ... if you’re otherwise operating in a discipline where close reading is centrally important to the way the discipline thinks" and goes on to say "m…
> Derrida would like to have a word with you
Yeah, but no intelligent person would like to have a word with Derrida...
Re: How to Read in College
#8better title how to read like a hack. Or how to read like a entrepreneur.
Re: How to Read in College
#9better title how to read like a hack. Or how to read like a entrepreneur.
Don't make fun of Tai Lopez...he's got Lambos and a bookshelf FILLED with books in his garage. ;-)
edit: TL's the youtube ad guy who claims he can teach you how to read ANY book in 10min.
Re: How to Read in College
#10better title how to read like a hack. Or how to read like a entrepreneur.
Don't make fun of Tai Lopez...he's got Lambos and a bookshelf FILLED with books in his garage. ;-) edit: TL's the youtube ad guy who claims he can teach you how to read ANY book in 10min.
Video for anyone who hasn't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZKp_jFxQJc
It has also spawned plenty of parodies :)