Are you asking whether its worth reading a book in 3 hours or less when it normally takes you 9 hours or more?
While spontaneous activation is fun it's not always going to happen at call, nothing stops you from getting getting the information out of a 500 page book in 30 minutes to 1 hour greatly surpassing the average reader. And yes there are times when you might have spontaneous or even instant activation on parts of the book.
Can you just photoread a book and have 40% recall? Is that enough to get a passing grade?
Personally I think spending only 10 minutes with a 500 page book just to parrot back the information contained within it is a pointless pasttime. When I read I want to make some use of the information that will always mean I'm going to spend more than 10 minutes with a book. I especially want to spend time considering information in a book if at some level I don't agree with it.
Where 98% of the population read like a snails on hot tar (ie they never get past the first chapter in a self help book). Photoreading gives you the skills to cover as much of the book from beginning to end and probably even gain some useful information in as little as 1 x 20 minute activation session. The hour that the snails spend reading the first chapter is surpassed by the 30 minutes you spent getting the information that was important to you. From within the whole book.
Is it worth it?
It seems to me that you have some unrealistic expectations of the Photoreading system *in the short term*. It would make it more difficult to see the system working.
Self check... How long did/does it take you to read and satisfactorily comprehend a 200 page book using the regular school taught method?
Did you regularly read books or were you in the habit of putting it off? Do you find reading to be a chore to be avoided at all cost?
How difficult was it for you to study before you started the photoreading course.
What subjects do you find easier to read and what subjects do you find more difficult to read using the regular method?
Notice these are all anchors to your belief about reading that you carry with you when you learn to photoread.
The photoreading system doesn't magically make these beliefs disappear and they are a stumbling block to learning the system. That's why you need patience and some relistic expectations.
The expression "we got to learn to walk before we can run" comes to mind here. Start by expecting to complete a 200 (not 500) page book in about 3 hours. That is giving the book 4 activation sessions of 30 minutes each and a 1 hour rapid read. Notice how difficult the subject was to you. Where you experienced the most frustration and where you enjoyed the process. Expect to spend roughly 3 or more hours on a book for a number of books... during the process some will slip in that you manage to get out of the way in an hour. Reward yourself for that. By reading a book in an average of 3 hours you are achieving a higher than average reading result.
Hope this helps?
Alex
[This message has been edited by AlexK (edited July 30, 2002).]
( I wish I knew how to do that again...I big glass of water...) 