How to Study

Evaluation of Subject Areas
List the subject areas/courses you like most:
List those you like least:
List the courses in which you get the best grades:
And those in which you get the worst grades:
How to Study
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P
ersonally, I’ll read anything handy, just to be able to read 
something. But the fact that I have always loved to read didn’t
make it any easier to face some of those deadly textbook
reading assignments. As a student, you inevitably will be required, as
I was, to spend hours poring through ponderous, fact-filled, convoluted
reading assignments for subjects that are required, but not exactly
scintillating.
You may love reading for pleasure but have trouble reading textbook
assignments for certain subjects. You may get the reading done but
forget what you’ve read nearly as quickly as you read it. Or you just
may hate the thought of sitting still to read anything. Whatever kind
of student you are—and whatever your level of reading skill—this
chapter will help you surmount your reading challenge.
And that includes, for those of you long out of school, reading those
nap-inducing business tomes, trade magazine articles, and other
work-related stuff that’s rarely reader-friendly.
Chapter 3
How to Read 
and Remember
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You’ll learn what you should read—and what you don’t have to. 
You’ll discover how to cut down on the time you spend reading, how
to identify the main idea and the important details, and how to
remember more of what you read.
Who knows? I might even convince you reading is fun!
Define Your Purpose for Reading
What is your purpose for reading? If the best answer you can 
come up with is, “Because my teacher said I had to,” we need to
uncover some better reasons. Reading a chapter just so you can say,
“I finished my assignment” is relatively futile. You may as well put the
book under a pillow and hope to absorb it by osmosis.
Unless you identify some purpose for reading, you will find yourself
flipping the pages of your textbooks while retaining little more than
the chapter titles.
According to reading experts, there are six fundamental purposes for
reading: