Being an English Major, I have learned a lot about selective reading over the years. Sometimes, as in the case for me while reading 9,002 pages per night during college, selective reading can be used as an honest way to speed up the process of reading. I would sometimes read the first sentance of every paragraph, for instance, if I was EXTREMELY strapped for time. Other times, I practiced a form of speed reading where I would try and pick out only the most important words of the sentance.
Inversely, similar to selective listening, people are wonderful at reading only what the want to read so as to produce the most advantage for themselves as possible. This is a more dishonest approach to selectivity. Case in point: Approxiamately 30 crafter ladies will be arriving today followed by 15 or so tomorrow. Arrival today begins at noon. Clearly stated on the contract for their arrival is as follows: "You may arrive any time after 12:00 PM."
I'm finishing this post as quickly as I can because, even though it is 8:30 AM, I expect to see the first arrivals in under an hour.
Selective reading.
Cheers to being really excited about scrapbooking!
Correction: The documents actually read that the guests may arrive any time after 1:00 PM, not 12:00.
ReplyDeleteReality: I had my first guest arrive at 9:45 AM.
The hilarity just grew... please laugh louder.