-
Recent Posts
- Celebrating Read Across America
- Today’s Exhausted Superkids–the Value of Sleep
- Myths About Speed Reading–Are They Really READING It?
- In Honor of Presidents’ Day I am re-posting the following blog: What Do Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, JFK, and Jimmy Carter Have in Common Aside from Having Been President?
- Breaking Free of What Holds Us Back
Archives
- March 2022
- January 2022
- July 2021
- February 2021
- October 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- November 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- January 2019
- November 2018
- August 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- August 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- December 2016
- June 2016
- March 2016
- November 2015
- September 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
Speed Reading
Written by Bonnie James
Like us on Facebook
Category Archives: reading classes
“The more that you read, the more things you’ll know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.“–Dr. Seuss I am re-blogging this from several years ago because March is National Reading Month and Tuesday, March 2nd is … Continue reading
Your Greatest Investment Is the One You Make In Yourself
This is a repost of a blog posted on October 27, 2014 by S.Anthony Iannarino with his permission. “There is no greater investment that you can make than the investment you make in yourself. “There is no greater return … Continue reading
The Gestalt: What How to Read the Bible, a Novel and Making Military Decisions Have in Common
I am re-posting this blog as one of my recent graduates wanted to know how to read the Bible. He was accustomed to reading it one-word-at-a-time. I told him about this blog and decided to re-post it. It was written … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, decision making, educated, information, Learning, miitary intelligence, military, reading, reading assignments, reading classes, speed reading, speedreading, teachers, teaching
Tagged Anglican Church, Bible, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Facebook, gestalt, intelligence, Josh Krobel, London School of Economics, military, N. T. Wright, novels, pleasure reading, reading, reading the Bible, Romans, skepticism, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, teaching, U. S. Defence Intelligence Agency
2 Comments
To Annotate or Not To Annotate/Brush Strokes or Picture?
“The thing that bugs me most about annotations is that they make what could be a 10-minute read a half hour read instead.” –Caroline C., Hinsdale Central High School In January 2012 we posted reasons students are reluctant to read, … Continue reading
Celebrate Women Writers
“Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands.” –Jane Austen March is National Reading Month and Women’s History Month. … Continue reading
Posted in classic reading, reading, reading classes, reading improvement, self development, speed reading, speedreading, writing
Tagged A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Alice Hoffman, Betty Smith, books, Charlotte Bronte, Edith Wharton, Emily Bronte, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, J. K. Rowling, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, kathryn stockett, Maya Angelou, Muriel Spark, National Reading Month, novels, pleasure reading, reading, Sandra Cisneros, Seventh Heaven, speed reader, speed reading, speedreader, speedreading, The Help, The House of Mirth, The House on Mango Street, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, women authors, Women's History Month, Wuthering Heights
3 Comments
The Gestalt: What How to Read the Bible, a Novel and Making Military Decisions Have in Common
I am reposting this blog from January as I have recently had clients asking about how to do these kinds of reading. It says that a blog on the military’s need for big picture would soon follow. It didn’t. But this time it will! … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, decision making, educated, information, Learning, miitary intelligence, military, reading, reading assignments, reading classes, speed reading, speedreading, teachers, teaching
Tagged Anglican Church, Bible, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Facebook, gestalt, intelligence, Josh Krobel, London School of Economics, military, N. T. Wright, novels, pleasure reading, reading, reading the Bible, Romans, skepticism, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, teaching, U. S. Defence Intelligence Agency
2 Comments
November musings: No-vember, Now-vember and Rush-vember
Reflecting on Subway’s special $5 deals reflected in their marketing called Subtember, I started thinking about this month that is almost gone. (Maybe I’ll repost this in 11 months.) We have elections in November. And many exercise their right to … Continue reading
Posted in decision making, procrastination, reading classes, self development, speed reading, speedreading, vote
Tagged November, Subway
1 Comment
It’s All About Time on Timed Tests
“I increased my ACT reading score by 6 points, and I will probably get a scholarship!“–Kelly D., Advanced Reading Concepts Speed Reading Student You’ve got an ACT or SAT (or LSAT or GMAT) exam coming up and want the best … Continue reading
Posted in reading, reading classes, reading improvement, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged ACT, Education, GMAT, Kaplan, LSAT, Princeton Review, professional exams, reading, SAT, Speed Read, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, standardized exams, test preparation
Leave a comment
How to Avoid Deception
“You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.”—Harry S. Truman This a re-post of one of our first blogs. But … Continue reading
Posted in critical thinking, educated, informed decision making, reading, reading classes, skepticism, speed reading, speedreading
Tagged Deception, Fact Check, Factcheck, hard copy, hard news, headline news, headlines, Information, journalism, journals, Lie, news, Newspaper, newspapers, online reading, open mind, Primary source, print reading, publications, rumors, skepticism, Snopes, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, student learners
Leave a comment
Summer Speed Reading Students Score!
“The speed reading course included a plethora of useful techniques, including methods for studying and for interpreting and comprehending novels and literature. I feel that after only a week with this course I learned techniques that will prove helpful for … Continue reading
Posted in information, informaton, Learning, reading, reading classes, reading improvement, self development, speed reading, speedreading, teaching, writing organization
Tagged ACT, AP courses, books, classics, Columbus, Education, learning, lessons, public courses, reading, Reading Efficiency Increase, reading improvement, REI, SAT, Speed Read, speed reader, speed reading, speed reading lessons, speedreader, speedreading, student learners, Study skills, test preparation, Words per minute
Leave a comment
Advanced Reading Concepts
Speed Reading Plus Blog! 