/lit/ - Literature

Is it bad that I can't mark down the central ideas of a book? I sense that my inability to distil salient concepts from a book is impeding my understanding of difficult texts. Is there a method or habit that I can adopt that will strengthen my astuteness when it comes to key ideas?

>>16914014
Asian immigration happened precisely because said Asian countries were dysfunctional. Somali immigrants are irrelevant to the topic, moron.
African Americans are largely the descendents of Nigerians/west Africans and posses identical genetic ancestry.
You're just another right-wing moron that refuses to acknowledge the role black people's limited rights contributed to their material conditions today so you place the blame on IQ and genetics.

>>8244379
Christian, really involved with my church youth group but not the school Christian activities like FCA. Nerdy, but not popular with the "cool nerds." Shy. Mainly programmed my calculator or played cards at lunch. Studious with a high GPA but didn't really have a specialty subject (they were all relatively the same in difficulty and interest to me). Played a lot of video games (PC and N64). Had a small circle of friends with whom I was close. Awkward around women - almost to the point of being asexual. I was a straightedger (no porn, cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs) although I wouldn't have known the term for it. I was incredibly naive about the world and still had a lot of growing up to do. I suppose I was happy but I pretty much just went along with whatever other people said I should do.

Mere Christianity by CS Lewis

I see many people coming from modest homes getting degrees in things like art. I also see many people coming from middle class homes with parents that own homes, getting into hard drugs and having no aspirations or sense of reality. Most working/middle class people that I see also have no financial sense and flock to trends like flies on shit.

I'm personally on my way to getting a degree with excellent job prospects and high pay, and it's something I want to do and have already been generating experience for while in high school and college. While my parents are superfluous spenders with the little they have, along with almost everyone I've come to know. I've personally been saving by setting strict limits and goals. By living at home and going to a state university I'll be graduating debt free, while aiming to go to a top 25 university for graduate school depending on how things go.

Now, naturally I'm a left libertarian, but I don't see why these people are so fucking self entitled. It takes simple math and common sense to see how much you'll need to make your way through college allowing for you to work as necessary. There is so much data out on the web telling you what you'll be making and future prospects. There is simply no excuse for this idiocy among the left, they are making us all look bad.

These people have willingly blinded themselves from reality, and they will soon be working for "the man" that they so desperately try to hate. If you've taken the time to develop some skills you can create a business right this very fucking second, yet they take the easy route and lament over their stupidity.

People wonder why the middle class is falling, it's because they've all grown use to doing absolutely fucking nothing. Look at the drop out rates for average colleges, absolutely insane.