My Reading Abilities

My Reading Abilities

April 14, 2015

By Kenner Bartos

I consider myself to be a good reader, but not an active reader. I can read and understand what I am reading. I can remember what I read. But I struggle with taking notes and finding meaning in the text. Unless a connection is directly made, I normally cannot find one. Because of this, I normally do not make a big effort to make connections because I do not think I will find any. I struggle with annotating while I read for the same reason. I can remember important and significant moments in a book, but I cannot remember where or when they happened in the book. If anything, annotating and taking notes seems to break my concentration and I will feel lost when I go back to reading. I eventually get back on track, but it seems to waste time. Even though I know annotating will help, I do not put in the effort to do it all the time. In the future I will annotate because it will help with my reading skills and will help me make connections in the book I am reading.