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1:00am May 26, 2012
soilrockslove: blinkpink: sherlockstark: funvee: vengerturtle: “You read 472 words per minute.That makes you 89% faster than the national average.” \o/? You read 548 words per minute.That makes you 119% faster than the national average. wOOO!!! You read 295 words per minute. That makes you 18% faster than the national average. but…i can tear through a book faster than almost anyone i know wut You read 1,175 words per minute. That makes you 370% faster than the national average. Holy shit … I get close to qualifying as a speed reader. And I used to read faster than that, my depression’s just wrecked my concentration. You read 1,142 which makes you 357% faster than the national average. On the other hand - it was from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and I’m already familiar with the story, so things that might have thrown me for a loop didn’t.  So semi-cheating. Okay so this test pissed me off and gave me a headache (not the fault of whoever posted it). It twice told me (at my normal reading speed, and at much less than my normal reading speed) that I hadn’t actually read the passage in question, because I could only answer one out of the three questions each. The second time this happened, it’s from a book that I’ve read before, dozens of times. And it kept condescendingly telling me it’s not a race, like I was choosing to read faster than usual on purpose. Finally, I got another book I’d read many times before, and was able to get two out of three questions right, which it decided meant I’d actually read it, unlike the previous two times. It then tells me “You read 130 words per minute. That makes you 48% slower than the national average.” And shows an arrow saying I read slower than the average third grader. I mean I guess I knew something along the lines already – decoding good, comprehension terrible. But this test didn’t allow for that, it just assumed I was reading too fast on purpose. I memorized the answers to the first question and read over it again at my normal speed, not rushing. Then it tells me “You read 779 words per minute. That makes you 212% faster than the national average.” Which is apparently faster than college professors and slightly slower than high-scoring college students. The problem is it’s incredibly hard for me to slow down enough to understand what I read. In fact usually all I can do is repeatedly reread, I can’t usually slow down my eyes without the words turning to total gibberish. I don’t know if that’s a motor planning problem or what.

soilrockslove:

blinkpink:

sherlockstark:

funvee:

vengerturtle:

“You read 472 words per minute.
That makes you 89% faster than the national average.”

\o/?

You read 548 words per minute.
That makes you 119% faster than the national average.

wOOO!!!

You read 295 words per minute.
That makes you 18% faster than the national average.

but…i can tear through a book faster than almost anyone i know

wut

You read 1,175 words per minute.

That makes you 370% faster than the national average.

Holy shit … I get close to qualifying as a speed reader.

And I used to read faster than that, my depression’s just wrecked my concentration.

You read 1,142 which makes you 357% faster than the national average.

On the other hand - it was from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and I’m already familiar with the story, so things that might have thrown me for a loop didn’t.  So semi-cheating.

Okay so this test pissed me off and gave me a headache (not the fault of whoever posted it). It twice told me (at my normal reading speed, and at much less than my normal reading speed) that I hadn’t actually read the passage in question, because I could only answer one out of the three questions each. The second time this happened, it’s from a book that I’ve read before, dozens of times. And it kept condescendingly telling me it’s not a race, like I was choosing to read faster than usual on purpose.

Finally, I got another book I’d read many times before, and was able to get two out of three questions right, which it decided meant I’d actually read it, unlike the previous two times. It then tells me “You read 130 words per minute. That makes you 48% slower than the national average.” And shows an arrow saying I read slower than the average third grader.

I mean I guess I knew something along the lines already – decoding good, comprehension terrible. But this test didn’t allow for that, it just assumed I was reading too fast on purpose.

I memorized the answers to the first question and read over it again at my normal speed, not rushing. Then it tells me “You read 779 words per minute. That makes you 212% faster than the national average.” Which is apparently faster than college professors and slightly slower than high-scoring college students.

The problem is it’s incredibly hard for me to slow down enough to understand what I read. In fact usually all I can do is repeatedly reread, I can’t usually slow down my eyes without the words turning to total gibberish. I don’t know if that’s a motor planning problem or what.

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    You read 615 words per minute. That makes you 146% faster than the national average.….when it compared the books at the...
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    You read 558 words per minute. That makes you 123% faster than the national average.
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    47 to 50 % faster than the national average. Hm.
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    You read 642 words per minute. That makes you 157% faster than the national average.
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    Tyler do this
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    You read 1,527 words per minute. That makes you 511% faster than the national average. Hot damn.
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