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I like the points that the first paragraph makes about reading texts. Sometimes I find myself reading pages and pages and not even realizing that I'm not paying attention. Especially if it's something that I'm not interested in. Skimming a text is easy enough. That is usually as far as my reading goes. That way when important things pop out at me, I can read those over again. I actaully do always underline word I don't know, but I never find myself looking them up, so I dont really think that does me any good. I think it's a good idea to read the text and take notes as I'm reading the text. I know I wont read it over again, so there is no point in reading it once then reading it again to take notes over it. "When you summarize, you restate a text's main ideas in your own words, leaving out most examples and details." I agree and disagree with this. Usually when I can sum something up, it means I understand it. If i can restate it in my own words, it will usually stay in my head forever. However, it does leave room for error because what if I sum something up that I think I understand but I don't?