and in other news...
I read a book today. like an entire book. I bought it last night while I was cramming for my praxis exam today... which I will get to in a moment... I started reading it about 7 this morning while I was waiting for the mean lady to start reading her standardized directions, which she didnt start to do til like 7:45, but I was glad to be there early...
I read Blood Canticle by Anne Rice. 500 pages-ish, i think.
Now I realize that reading that much in one day is quite silly... especially because, and unfortunately, I scan when I read instead of reading each word. I guess there are two documented ways of reading: reading a full sentence or a paragraph and then inferring... or reading word by word to make sure youve really got it down. I read in large chunks, and quickly at that.... so if you were to ask me to give you a summary of the book, I suppose I could, but it wouldnt be very detailed. Unfortunately reading in large chunks has the downfall for me that I almost instantaneously forget what ive read.
For example... I read Blackwood Farm, by Anne Rice, over 4 or 5 days, I think... I read that one more word by word because it was actually a riveting book.... but I could give you an overview, not a recounting by any means.
I dont know... I dont even know why im writing this... I think reading gets me thinking in a different way... I certainly phrase things differently and I use different words. The best example I can give you was a text message to Ethan the other day describing the scent of freshly baked bread, which was "positively riveting". Who says that anyway?! me... apparently.
I recently read a survey on myspace, and one of the questions was What was your favorite childhood toy? And I thought about it... and I realized that I probably read a lot more than the average child... accounting for the developement of quick reading and little absorption. Or would it be adsorption? I always get them confused....
which makes a good segway into the Praxis General Science exam. i am so freakin tired. I got like 5 hours of sleep and im at work. sigh. Anyway, I dont know if I passed... I feel like I got a C, if we were grading it like that.. and I dont know if thats good enough to truely pass. Some of the questions were rather stumping, if you ask me.... but then again, youre talking to someone for whom physics is a modern mystery to be accepted and adhered to without the necessity of understanding. And the test was 40% physics. yippee.
there were a couple of questions that i was like oh, i should know that, and I remember learning it, but I just totally dont remember at all. my eternal curse! So much is in my head but its soooooo difficult to get it back out again once its in there. :(
anyway, its almost time for work to be over, thank goodness, so I better get to the cleanin.
smooch.
I read Blood Canticle by Anne Rice. 500 pages-ish, i think.
Now I realize that reading that much in one day is quite silly... especially because, and unfortunately, I scan when I read instead of reading each word. I guess there are two documented ways of reading: reading a full sentence or a paragraph and then inferring... or reading word by word to make sure youve really got it down. I read in large chunks, and quickly at that.... so if you were to ask me to give you a summary of the book, I suppose I could, but it wouldnt be very detailed. Unfortunately reading in large chunks has the downfall for me that I almost instantaneously forget what ive read.
For example... I read Blackwood Farm, by Anne Rice, over 4 or 5 days, I think... I read that one more word by word because it was actually a riveting book.... but I could give you an overview, not a recounting by any means.
I dont know... I dont even know why im writing this... I think reading gets me thinking in a different way... I certainly phrase things differently and I use different words. The best example I can give you was a text message to Ethan the other day describing the scent of freshly baked bread, which was "positively riveting". Who says that anyway?! me... apparently.
I recently read a survey on myspace, and one of the questions was What was your favorite childhood toy? And I thought about it... and I realized that I probably read a lot more than the average child... accounting for the developement of quick reading and little absorption. Or would it be adsorption? I always get them confused....
which makes a good segway into the Praxis General Science exam. i am so freakin tired. I got like 5 hours of sleep and im at work. sigh. Anyway, I dont know if I passed... I feel like I got a C, if we were grading it like that.. and I dont know if thats good enough to truely pass. Some of the questions were rather stumping, if you ask me.... but then again, youre talking to someone for whom physics is a modern mystery to be accepted and adhered to without the necessity of understanding. And the test was 40% physics. yippee.
there were a couple of questions that i was like oh, i should know that, and I remember learning it, but I just totally dont remember at all. my eternal curse! So much is in my head but its soooooo difficult to get it back out again once its in there. :(
anyway, its almost time for work to be over, thank goodness, so I better get to the cleanin.
smooch.
posted by FireWithin at 10:45 PM
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