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Thoughts on the philosophical ideas of this book?

>>15071630
How can I learn all the gimmicks of the semi-colon? Any books explaining it in detail?

>>15070053
They sound too goofy :/

>>15070170
Is English your first language?

Would a psychologist have a higher propensity to create a great character since they're very adept at characterisation and developing complex personalities?

Books on how to criticise media like film and anime on your own?

>Self-help book
>Has the word "fuck" in the title

>>15058717
He's actually not a tranny lol, however, a tranny was toastposting him on discord.

>>15057213
It's an excerpt from How To Read A Book by M. Adler (1972 version)

>The average high-school graduate has done a great deal of reading, and if he goes on to college he will do a great deal more; but he is likely to be a poor and incompetent reader. (Note that this holds true of the average student, not the person who is a subject for special remedial treatment.) He can follow a simple piece of fiction and enjoy it. But put him up against a closely written exposition, a carefully and economically stated argument, or a passage requiring critical consideration, and he is at a loss. It has been shown, for instance, that the average high-school student is amazingly inept at indicating the central thought of a passage, or the levels of emphasis and subordination in an argument or exposition. To all intents and purposes he remains a sixth-grade reader till well along in college.
What did he mean by this?

>>15056880
Wrong! If I wanted attention I'd go on social media, not an anonymous forum

>>15056836
Why?

>>15056753
Well, I'm basically a NEET and have all the time in the world. Can I achieve that feat in less than a month if I focus all my efforts and time on it?

Is it bad that I just download the PDF version of books and then read them on my eReader?

>>15056727
Why not?

Can I read all the books in this chart in a single week?

>>15052815
Is this a copy pasta?