Current Events > I have to read 3x 1500 page textbooks within the next year..how should I pace it

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Large pages, small writing, 1500 pages each with dense material.

On average I have 1 day off per week.

How should I pace myself? Obviously I'll take my own notes in a notebook or laptop as I read.
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Speed read them the last day of the year.

Real answer: 3 x 1500 = 4500 pages, 6 x 52 = 312 days, an average of 15 pages per day will get you. Maybe a bit more than that if you want to but that's the average you'd have to do.
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just read 20 pages a day dude, you'll be done before the year is over
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Is this a full calendar year or a school year?

What do you have to read?
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DanHarenChamp posted...

Obviously I'll take my own notes in a notebook or laptop as I read.

this is a bit ridiculous. then you're going to have to read hundreds of pages of notes.

if you read slowly and carefully you will remember a lot more than you might think.
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MedeaLysistrata posted...

DanHarenChamp posted...

Obviously I'll take my own notes in a notebook or laptop as I read.

this is a bit ridiculous. then you're going to have to read hundreds of pages of notes.

if you read slowly and carefully you will remember a lot more than you might think.

Yeah, I never used to take notes while reading textbooks. Found it to be a complete waste of time.
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lol, yea good luck slowly reading and remembering 3 textbooks worth of stuff let alot even 1 chapter of 1 book. Realistically it'll stick to you short term but after a few months you wont remember that stuff. Only way to remember stuff truly for long term is repetition of the key concepts, like 4-5 times at least.
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If you are reading slowly and actively reading, you get repeated exposure, importantly you are integrating material into a cohesive framework, which means you will constantly be recalling it everytime you remember the concept.

I still can remember the pages where certain information was from textbooks I read 8 years ago.
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DanHarenChamp posted...

lol, yea good luck slowly reading and remembering 3 textbooks worth of stuff let alot even 1 chapter of 1 book. Realistically it'll stick to you short term but after a few months you wont remember that stuff. Only way to remember stuff truly for long term is repetition of the key concepts, like 4-5 times at least.

why are you asking for advice if you already seem to know the best approach
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MedeaLysistrata posted...

DanHarenChamp posted...

lol, yea good luck slowly reading and remembering 3 textbooks worth of stuff let alot even 1 chapter of 1 book. Realistically it'll stick to you short term but after a few months you wont remember that stuff. Only way to remember stuff truly for long term is repetition of the key concepts, like 4-5 times at least.

why are you asking for advice if you already seem to know the best approach

didnt realize the advice would be this bad
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sparknotes
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I mean, self testing is relatively more important than repetition, and active reading incorporates more self testing.
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