Okay, thanks for the replies everyone. Now, since I'm in the process of working everything out, let's start at the beginning: preparing and previewing. Now I understand that for a person to achieve a goal, he/she must have direction of some kind. So this is preparing. Right? Seems to me like this first step is mostly motivational, like turning off the criticism and opening up to possibilites, right? Or is there more to it? Simply stating a personal goal to one's self before photoreading reminds me of those self-esteem-boosting workshops. But perhaps this is the intention of Preparing? And what's with previewing? If I have an history textbook and I want to preview it, I am supposed to find key words in order to "map" out the text, so to speak.
There are a hell of a lot of key words and phrases in a history textbook.
And yet Paul S. cautions against using too much time previewing, and that in such a case you should just photoread and then postview. Does this sound right?
My goal is not to anger anyone, but from my perspective, the beginning steps of photoreading sound more attitudinal than practicable. What's everyone else's take?
