"The first thing you should know about reading in college is that it bears little or no resemblance to the sort of reading you do for pleasure, or for your own edification."
Staying Afloat: Some Scattered Suggestions on Reading in College
by timothy burke,swarthmore college
(...why do people hightlight the hell out of their text-books. i find i know less about the material when i paint transparent marker all over the page. to retain any text material i literally have to transcribe the info into a notebook and then condense those notes into conceptual paraphrase. of course, i'm left-handed in the brain...jim)
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