Letters were not entertaining at all. My parents were constantly called to school to talk about my low grades and missing assignments. The material was not hard to understand, I simply preferred doing other things. At some point after second grade, my parents enrolled me into a tutoring program to help Improve my reading and writing skills. The program ran for a full hour every single day of the week, time that felt like an eternity.
However, students are often knee-deep in homework, leaving no time for these activities. Viki Abeles wrote in the Washington Post, “They’re sacrificing a decent night’s sleep, exercise, family life, a social life, and spare moments to simply read, invent, dream or explore- everything that’s essential to a growing mind.” Abeles makes a good point, kids these days do not have any spare time; they need time to do things they want to do. To continue, a lot of teenagers work so they have even less time to complete their school work. John Porter,
I believe the book can do a lot of good but only towards the right audience. I think that someone who has a better grasp on english and can track the plot would benefit from reading the book. In conclusion In His Steps makes a positive impact on the target audience but as for me, was too convoluted to be able to send a
Professor Heather from University of West Chester stated that reading books from tablets equals to reading a powerpoint. (USA TODAY College) However, this is just an opinion of groups of people who are not fond of tablets and iPhone used as textbooks. Students cannot focus on their readings because the letters in the paper books are too small and the sentences are too close together. For dyslexic students for instance, they are comfortable to read books or textbooks from Ipads or tablets. Because this will aid them to read fast, focus, and comprehend fast.
How could this story just have the characters casually chant, “orgy-porgy”? (Huxley 85). Quite frankly, it blew my mind. I started taking my time to read and fully understand, to the best of my ability, each and every page. When I finished the book, I couldn’t decide if I liked the book for telling a completely new type of story, or resenting it because of how close this book is to our present society.
I even enjoy typing lab reports and explaining what occurs in my experiments, but I dislike writing in the realm of English academia. I would be able to fill dozens of pages with plans by essays were always a difficult to produce. For me, writing essays are like paying a bills you don’t want to pay or going to the dentist with a toothache. I think the problem began when my teachers would request for me to write about how I felt based on different prompts. I knew how I felt, but it was mentally difficult to transcribe my feelings so that others could understand them.
Whether it's for your recreational reading, or skimming through office memos and sensitive emails or even preparing for exams in academic settings, speed reading sure has a lot of benefits for any reader. It would probably be important to note that speed reading is not recommended for deep understanding or memorizing of important text like contracts, or class notes and it would not be a viable option in such or similar scenarios. Nevertheless, some contracts need a second or third glance before you can do any signing and you will most definitely find yourself in a situation where you need to do some final revisions before any kind of formal assessment exercises, and this is where you can put your speed reading skills into practice. Finally, here is a simplified WPM score guide to help you improve and mark progress during your fast reading training. * Between 200 and 250 WPM – this is the average reading speed for an average 12 year old .
The Value of a Reading Books – Developing a Crucial Soft Skill Anecdotes have never really enjoyed the credibility of a statistical conclusion. Regardless, they have certainly basked in the glory as conversation starters. Especially in this situation as an opening to the discourse of something as personal as ones’ reading habit. Just recently, I took some time off from my busy Netflixing schedule to glance at my book shelf, looking at the once silent friends I could never let go. I realized I had only been acquainted with them, not having made a serious relationship with many.
I hated the time when there was mandatory trip to somewhere with dormers. I hated the time when school I had sports game in exam weeks. But I realized that my score is not determined by how many days I studied for the exams. So after seeing that there was no big difference, I tried to enjoy myself on the special occasion and stop worry about not studying. Living at school as a dormer, I experienced both benefits and disadvantages.
IV. PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION A. Existing System: Each student is given with the RFID tags which contain the details of the student, contact person and their phone number etc. The RFID reader, kept in the bus, will read the serial number of the tag that contains the details of the students. The information read is stored in the microcontroller and sent to school server via GSM modem.