Maybe this means starting out with an ordinary-looking assignment from the syllabus. Sure, reading 30 pages of history isn’t going to kill me. Or maybe 50 pages of intro psych? No problem, until you actualy try to read it. That’s when the truth hits: There’s a big difference between browsing a news site or scrolling […]

These are the reading assignments. Reading assignments is usually approached optimistically. Oh yeah, I have 40 pages here. Shouldn’t take me more than an hour, right? I will finish it before dinner. And then you get to page three and realize the author is using thick layers of theoretical jargon. Damn. Now you have to […]

How fast will you read something depending on what you’re doing with that information once you have it? Is it a fiction chapter or a technical manual? One average reading speed won’t work for every text. Studying for a test is different than having a quick look through something. This also alters your reading time […]

There’s also that sense of panic when you pick up a book and realize you only have two weeks to finish. It’s as if someone has put a bag of sand on top of your chest, because now all you can focus on is how much more reading time you have left. And how does […]