hi,

im 16 and my normal reading speed is 600wpm too.(still have another year in highschool though ). let me tell you about my last semester i think it will show everyone the power of photoreading.
i have always been a bright student with a GPA of 9.2 average or so without doing any special techniques or using any effort in school. still, i never got an excellence diploma in my life. welp, this year was my first . this year was the first year i started implementing photoreading in school.
..i photoread all the books at the beginning of the semester. and i used the classes discussions as natural activation.
some ridiculous conclusions i got to in the end of this year:
1. i studied much less than normal people. (well sometimes i kept studing untill the last minute because i don't like to take chances..also my parents didn't like me studying beyond 'too short' for tests ).
2. i could study for every test in 2 days MAX (i had one test i studied 3 days which was the final on most of the metarial) and get 90+ (i am also talking about the finals here..normal tests almost never exceeded one day).
3. i knew i knew most of the metarial (i would say 75%-80%. sometimes it's almost annoying, really )
4. when i took myself seriously i was much more calm when i approached tests.
5. i used to finish my tests before time... but this time it was absurd. i had 40 minutes in average to check my own tests before i handed them in.
6. next year i'm not taking any notes. NONE. if the subject has a teacher that requires word in word answers i'll just photocopy the summaries she dictated us from my friends..as we did this year. it is much better for me to listen as i usually do in the class. and make a mind map of the lecture..or even use the time to activate my books. it will be used much more efficiently that way (if you think about it you spend about 5 hours a week for about two months minimum for learning a 200-300 page book!!..).
7. i wrote less and straight to the point. sometimes when someone told me i write too little i would start writing too much just too show them i can do the test anyway they want (they get the same answer).

also, don't think i'm taking easy subjects with achievments like that. here's what i was learning this year:
1.algebra,trigonomety,calculous,physics,english,chemistry,history, bible, lit. and suchlikes.

this time my GPM was 9.57. lol i actually studied less than all my friends. this thing works. this year i'm implementing it totally.
hope this gives you some proof.
i'll be honest here. i am photoreading exacly 1 year now. i still think i'm an amatuer and i can improve alot (maybe i'm great in school but i'm not really good in reading normal books and especially computer technical books ).

Sincerely,
Raanan Hadar

[This message has been edited by Raanan Hadar (edited July 20, 2001).]