Below you will find a reading passage entitled, "Speed Reading is Not Difficult." Do not look at the passage yet.
     You first need to locate a time piece with second and minute hands. In Windows you can do a right click on the time of day at the bottom right on your desktop. Clicking on "Adjust Time and Date" will take you to a clock with minute and second hands. You will need to print this page if you plan to use the computer clock. Note the actual time before starting to read, but wait until the second hand is on 12 at the top of the clock, then start reading. Do not read aloud.  Note the time that you finish the passage. Next, answer the 5 questions.
     There are 3 possible answers. "T" for true, "F" for false and "N" for not mentioned. E-Mail your answers to The Reading Doctor plus the number of seconds it took you to read the passage. Re-reading the passage is not permitted. Simply read the passage once, answer the 5 questions, and e-mail your answers and reading time in seconds to The Reading Doctor at:
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Speed Reading Is Not Difficult

     Most people think that you have to be a rocket scientist in order to be a speed reader. The truth is that any reader with good eyesight can be a speed reader with comprehension. To be sure, eye speed is only one key aspect of speed reading. The other is how you organize your reading. Organized reading is called pre-reading.
     There may, however, be certain medical conditions that could limit one's prospects for speed reading. These include, but are not limited to Dyslexia, which alters the way the text looks, and certain mental health problems, such as depression, which could interfere with the ability of the student to sustain a regular consistent practice of the speed reading principles to perfection over the short term of a speed reading course.
     But even some readers with Dylexia may be able to practice and to apply the principles of speed reading perhaps over a longer developmental reading time. There is always hope where there is interest and determination.

Questions: (Answer T for True, F for False or N for Not Mentioned)

1. Most people think that you have to be a rocket scientist in order to be a speed reader.

2. Eye speed is the key to being a speed reader.

3. Some Dyslexic readers may be able to gain benefit from speed reading principles over a longer reading developmental time.

4. Readers with Attention Deficit Disorder experience difficulties with speed reading.

5. Schizophrenics sometimes make excellent super readers.