The article points out that the problem exists in a literature class, where well, you’re expected to be able to read a complete book in some week in order to analyze it. That’s literally the course.
Yes, for me this is a much greater factor than attention span.
Reading The Iliad over the next three weeks on holidays, oh nice!
Reading The Iliad over the next three weeks while having a lot of other assignments from different classes, fuuuck me…
I wish I had the time to read in college. Between assignments, classes, presentations, and working two jobs reading for me was the stuff of fiction.
The article points out that the problem exists in a literature class, where well, you’re expected to be able to read a complete book in some week in order to analyze it. That’s literally the course.
Yes, for me this is a much greater factor than attention span.
Reading The Iliad over the next three weeks on holidays, oh nice!
Reading The Iliad over the next three weeks while having a lot of other assignments from different classes, fuuuck me…