Reading How to Read...

I actually remember learning about active reading last semester when we read that one book that I ended up forgetting the name of. In it it spoke of how to write but at the same time it taught how to read in order to properly respond to someone else's writings. It spoke of the same things like preliminary reading which is usually reading around what you are about to read and reading your text through a few times first. Then there is annotation where you tale different types of notes on your selected material and that involves writing sentences highlighting sentences and writing in the margins. This is the way that I have learned to actively read. Personally it is hard for me to actively read something when it is not something I am interested in. I usually read for a reason and once I have gotten what I need or if I am unable to find what I am looking for I stop.

So no I am unable to relate to that because I rarely ever read that way and I actually prefer it that way. The only time I read actively is when I read through a screenplay and that only comes once in a while. There is the occasional time when I read for fun ( but that is once in a very very very small while) and then I don't worry about reading actively because I am engaged in the story so I have no need to take notes of any kind. I never ever ever read the preliminary reading of anything because I never see a need. I read what I need to get out what I need and move on. No need to read anything else because I have already read through the parts I needed to and there is never a need for the stories I read (which usually have pictures) to have preliminary reading unless I am getting backstory.