Neal,
There are a huge number of posts about photoreading not working. People at times mistakenly assume photoreading a lot like reading. Many newbies tend to seek results of regular reading with photoreading. would you dig for cobalt at coal mines? Do you seek strawberries on a mango tree?
Photoreading wont comprehend all of a book for you in 2 hours. It helps you find what you are interested in. That is why you set up a purpose. If you dont set a purpose to find how many matches Philip Hughes played, you wont find how many matches he played. It is as simple as that! Thats why importance of purpose has been highlighted every now and then. If you increase number of activation passes to get more out of a book, time you spend on a book also increases.
Photoreading makes it easier to find what you need. It also helps in direct learning. It doesnt comprehend all of the book for you in short amount of time but only what you need. This is an advantage but also a limitation. Also the question answer approach isnt suitable for all types of reading materials.
With regular reading, you overcome this limitation. You come across all of the information in a book. New or familiar, interesting or uninteresting you take it all and make a note of all. Thats why second time you read a book, you find everything easier and already known. If you make a mindmap, you then organise your information the same way you did in photoreading.
If you are finding it tough to make the photoreading system working for you, try reconsidering what you want to do with a book. You would photoread books to find particularly something or for direct learning. For comprehending all of a book, or to read detail rich books, textbooks, newspapers, novels you would find regular reading the best.
What matters at the end is -effective reading. Members of the forum will try their best to assist you and you may not necessarily agree with them everytime. Dont get nervous with that. There are a couple of LSC certified coaches in UK who teach speed reading along with Photoreading! Experiment and see what works best for you. Explore more, you will find everything that you were seeking. There isnt certainly any problem with your purpose as much as in your expectations as far as I can see.
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