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Is Speed Reading a Waste of Time?

Is Speed Reading a Waste of Time?

Speed reading is effective if you aim to cover lots of text within a short time. You use the peripheral eye to go through texts fast. If you want to retain much of what you read, accuracy and understanding are traded off when you speed read.  It is impossible to speed read technical texts that […]

Text Comprehension Exercises You Can Practice at Home

Text Comprehension Exercises You Can Practice at Home

Some of the things you can practice at home to help you understand what you read are skimming, making connections, visualizing, summarizing, making inferences, and discussing.  Reading is a waste of time and effort if there is no comprehension. However, even though text comprehension is essential to readers at all levels, it is something that […]

How Important Is Reading Speed?

How Important Is Reading Speed?

Reading speed determines how fast you can access information. So reading fast helps you access information more quickly, helping you stay on top of the information that your success depends on. Reading is an important skill that helps you access information. However, reading at a leisurely pace may not be practicable.  As a student awaiting […]

​​5 Ways to Improve Your Law School Reading & Comprehension Skills

​​5 Ways to Improve Your Law School Reading & Comprehension Skills

Actively practice reading Take useful notes Plan your reading strategy Build the right atmosphere Revise before the class Law school is hard, and not having great reading comprehension skills makes it even harder. Fortunately for you, regularly practicing just these five things can drastically improve your reading ability. In this article, we will tell you […]

How Can I Memorize Faster?

How Can I Memorize Faster?

You can memorize information faster by sleeping to consolidate it, using mnemonics, linking it to past information, consciously reviewing it, using memory palace technique, and seeking expert guidance.  Because we live in an age where people can simply “google it” and get the information they need, you may think committing information to memory is not […]

How Many Books Can You Read If You Read 30 Minutes a Day?

How Many Books Can You Read If You Read 30 Minutes a Day?

If you read for thirty minutes every day, you’ll read about 20 to 30 pages daily. By the end of the first week, you’ll have read about 200 pages, the approximate size of one book. Depending on book-length, that’s between 40 and 52 books in a year. Do you read in-depth and as often as […]