"It dawns on me that Lisa is equating fast reading with good reading. She doesn't see reading as thinking. She views it as a race. Lisa doesn't understand that good readers adjust their pace when they read."
I really wish someone had explained this to me when I was in high school. I'm just like Lisa. I could read most anything quickly and get the gist of what was being said - enough to write that report or make a high grade on my ACT. All that doesn't mean squat. I come from a generation where late night commercials claimed they could teach you to speed read. Teachers timed how many pages we could read in a certain time. Reading fast was reading well.
That's just not the case anymore. In a world moving forward technologically speaking, people need to read to comprehend, not necessarily to be fast *and* comprehend. I read slower than ever, but I ***understand*** what I'm reading, and I ***comprehend*** and am able to internalize what I learn.
This week it is my goal to teach my students this important lesson.
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