Am i a slow reader?

[Anonymous No.13988159]

So, i got out the shower and got ready at exactly 11:30. Immediately after i got my copy of the complete works of plato which i read every night before i go bed. I decided to ve more consistent with my reading and actually try to do a minimum of 20 pages per day. So I got to it at around 11:33 let's say. 1 minute to get book from book shelf another to find page and one more to get into a comfortable sitting position (ive found that sitting up with a slight slouch and resting my back on the wall is ideal for peak comprehension amd focus for me). So i began where i left off last time and when i was done i checked the time on my phone to see what time it was now. It was 12:40. That would mean it took me 1 hour and 10 minutes to read 20 pages. Is this normal? Like, is this appropriate reading speed? I'd imagine that reading 20 pages would take 20 minutes, maybe 40 minutes tops? Or maybe I'm underestimating average reading speed. Still though, it was interesting to see.

[Anonymous No.13988269]

>>13988159
Anon, reading 20 pages in 40 minutes is a page every two minutes. You did a page every four minutes. For Plato, that's very good. I go at about 5 minutes a page.

[Anonymous No.13988340]

I didn't know reading was a race.

[Anonymous No.13988377]

>>13988159
it depends on what you're reading.

[Anonymous No.13988383]

>>13988159
reading a picture book? take your time

reading a novel? shit dude those pages wont turn themselves

[Anonymous No.13988393]

>>13988340
Not race but not a snail race either.

>>13988377
This book

>>13988269
To be fair plato was talking about names and their origins for most of it and was kinda dry but i did learn something abour greek etymology.

[Anonymous No.13988397]

>>13988383
Now that i read im no longer threatened when i turn to a page and theres a big block of text sepereated by one paragraph break. It excites me and means im ready to read something big.

[Anonymous No.13988408]

>>13988397
you dirty girl!

[Anonymous No.13988426]

Care more about comprehension than speed

[Anonymous No.13988444]

>>13988408
Now that i have reread my post i guess it could be interpeted in a sexual way. Somewhat proud of it.

[Anonymous No.13989798]

I read slow but read more than all of my friends because I read everyday. Don't worry about going fast, just keep reading

[Anonymous No.13989826]

>>13988159
forgot about your reading speed, you seriously need to condense your writing. your entire question is equivalent to:
>need 40 minutes to read 20 pages of plato - is that slow?
>don't know how many words per page lmao

[Anonymous No.13989834]

>>13989826
er, got the numbers wrong
>need about 70 minutes to read 20 pages of plato - is that slow?

[Anonymous No.13989841]

>>13989826
He was telling a story.

[Anonymous No.13989896]

Op image had be thinking of something else.

[Anonymous No.13989934]

>>13989896
I had the same thought. Truely I don't know yet a greater pleasure than having a girl gobbling on your dick

[Anonymous No.13989944]

>>13989934
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[Anonymous No.13990235]

>>13989896
>>13989934
That is literally the joke. You not recognizing it as such speaks volumes (which would require some people here ages to read through).

[Anonymous No.13990239]

>>13990235
I have autism.

[Anonymous No.13990950]

>>13988159
Why are you so focused on external metrics of reading speed? Comprehension on a nuanced level is paramount in all cases, anyway.

[Anonymous No.13991431]

>>13990950
cause speed AND comprehension both play a role in the determination of your intelligence. The smarter the person, the less time they need to understand the same amount of information.

[Anonymous No.13991461]

>>13991431
of course i'm excluding creative intelligence in this case. some people can soak up information like a sponge, but can only recall and apply it in ways they memorized previously. other people might be slower at actually understanding the information, but be able to apply it more creatively once their brain has processed the info. That's what i've noticed over the years.
The people who think in a rigidly systematic way, tend to be the ones who understand the material more quickly than the creative ones.

[Anonymous No.13991508]

>>13988397
I love that feeling
>>13988444
Trips confirms it

[Anonymous No.13991525]

>>13991461
even that's too vague. i think everyone can be creative in a certain way. it's just that we usually associate creativity with the arts, with eccentricity. i feel this creates the false impression that "practical" or "down-to-earth" people can't really be creative. when you think about it, creativity is just the application of gained knowledge in new and useful/interesting ways. the pragmatists are, in my eyes, the artists of the here and now. they aren't stuck in a cloud, or in the appreciation of random shapes/colors. they observe the world plainly and simply, make accurate predictions based on those observations and mold reality in a way that's useful to those around them. they are mostly free from aesthetic distractions, and other emotional cloudiness. the story of werther and charlotte comes to mind

[Anonymous No.13991551]

>>13988159
I read about the same speed, I’ve noticed it doesn’t really matter how fast you read, it’s all about how long you read for. If I have literally nothing to do I can read about 300 pages in a day, I usually only get time for like 5-10 though.

[Anonymous No.13991782]

You’re reading Plato too fast