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Originally posted by Alex K. Viefhaus:
What was your purpose for reading the case?
My purpose is to understand the complexities, precedents, specifics, etc. of the case presented in my textbook so that I can discuss it knowledgably in a seminar class and refer to it again for my examinations.
Mind Probing questions (what did you want to know)?
What was the majority decision? Why did they decide that way? Which precedent cases did they apply? Which statutes did they apply? How is this case affected by the Endangered Species Act (in this particular case)? How did the majority opinion refute contrary evidence to their opinion? Those were some that I started out with.
How many breaks did you take, please don't tell me you did that in one sitting? How long your activation pass?
Yes, unfortunately I did do it in one sitting. I do know that's not the best situation, but I found myself wanting to get it done quickly since it was already late at night and so I just regular read it for about 30 minutes after having photoread/superread it for about 15-20 minutes. (and small break in between).
I guess I got frustrated when three passes through 10 pages only gave me peripheral awareness of the text. When I went back to read it carefully, I realized that I had missed a lot of the important dense material.
Also - I'm running into this problem again where when I'm superreading, I'm understanding what's going on, but can't formulate words to mind map - somethign I always try to do after each pass.
Thanks for the advice.
And I agree with you, Chris, the legal writing is pretty dense and more difficult to apply photoreading to, but I'm sure it can be done since I seem to apply PR to everything, if only adequately.
[This message has been edited by ked (edited July 26, 2005).]