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Originally Posted by Mrs_Often
Not being alone doesn't mean you're not weird  But weird is good, in my opinion.
It does actually. Sort of like using your side vision, but more dominantly than usual. But if everything comes at you at the same time, doesn't that spoil exciting parts of books, where at the top of the page something scary is happening but the bottom of the page explains it or something... you'd never get the excitement of being scared because you already know it'll all be alright at the bottom of the page?
Mm. (Naah, sounds like you're superman )
I think I'll keep trying the "regular" speed reading then. I just realised (talking about thrillers) that when I'm really eager to know what'll happen next in a book, I do suddenly pick up speed and find myself losing the inner voice... So apparently I can do it, I just need to figure out how I do it so I can "switch it on." |
As Mrs. Often says, weird is good. Normal is boring (it's our eccentricities and peculiarities which make us interesting).
As for the speed reading. I used to be able to do something with the whole page absorption thing but with diagrams and with auditory stimuli (I could just sit and absorb six conversations at once) but it's like any skill, it gets rusty with disuse. As for more "normal" speedreading, I am sometimes able to read quite a bit faster and process all the information and forget about the imaginary auditory accompaniment ringing out inside my head. But I have to say is that I enjoy books a lot more when I don't speed read. Books are all about the storytelling, which is like theatre, creating a setting, little by little as the lights come on and illuminate the different parta of the stage. Revealing to us the characters while the shadows hide things unbeknownst to us and villains hide in the wings.
But I do agree that speed reading could be quite beneficial as a mandatory course for students though you could only give them credit for participation and not actually grade them (how unfair would it be to punish someone with a low grade just for not having their brains like so, not to mention the torture such a course would be for anyone with dyslexia).
And just to pretend that I am not promulgating an off topic conversation...
Thanks for the first impressions, I like to be aware of what to expect (and even knowing what to expect I am normally also pleasantly surprised and enjoy my new toys).
as for those with "bright pixels." If they are at all like bright pixels on LCDs or dust under a smartphone screen you eventually get used to it. It might take a few days or a few months to get used to it (it depends entirely on just how noticeable it is and on your personality) but you'll eventually get so used to it that you won't really notice it unless something makes you think about it and you actively look for it.