-In your previous posts, you mentioned you only have read the PhotoReading how-to book.
Then, you said a friend of yours got the self-study, and you had access to it.-

2.5 years ago my college roomate had it and I went through it a couple times. Then I just had my own book and this year me and my sister in law and her roomate bought it together.

-More importantly, did you do the course? All eight tapes, 3 workbooks, and a book of your own on tape 7 ?-

3 workbooks? It only had 1. I've lost track of how many times I did the course and I use tape 7 so much it's going to break. The book has more info in it though.