Isn't Photoreading supposed to be to gain knowledge, regardless of interest?
Isn't school supposed to do that as well? Yet there are many not interested enough to bother with passing.
Also if you've taken up the course or job, isn't the interest already there?
No like many of our emotions they come and go and interest is based on emotion. Getting interested in a book comes through building curiosity during the Postview. What can I find? what can I learn? What is new to me? How can I use this information to have more fun in my life my job.
If the book doesn't do that for you, Dump it! There are other books to read. If it's required reading, stuff you'll be tested on, then your purpose probably is, to know what is in this book so that I can impress X with my knowledge.
In case of coursework, the purpose is usually to get the information from this book so that I pass the class.
Now that you have that, you look at the course and decide what it is they expect you to know. If you're not sure, ask the instructor, get old, previous year exams, Look at the course description. Determine what you need to know what you need to pass the class and from there you form the mind probing question.
So purpose, to know what I need to know so that I pass this class. What do I need to know. What does the instructor expect me to know?
What other resources are available to me to get that knowledge.
Be warned, don't stray too far off the instructors course material if the answers are essay type. You may be right but from the instructors point of view because he hasn't covered the material you have (may not be a PhotoReader) so where you differ you get marked wrong. So sometimes the grade can go down.
If you're stuck with one or two books set by the instructor, Break it down. Read each chapter as a book in itself. That may take 3 to 30 minutes depending on the complexity of the chapter, prior knowledge, number of pages. Mind map the chapter for review. And use the precision questions. Remember you want to understand / know enough to pass the class so that might require more than a cursory reading like a book you read for personal enjoyment or satisfaction.
Books set by schools usually fall into the "it takes longest to read" department. With traditional reading, often the student doesn't even open the book, Instead relying on lectures to pass the class.
Alex
