Its another late night office session. Trying desperately hard to read academic papers and really failing. What is happening to me? I could read at 3 yrs (so my Mum said) and was definitely reading novels at 10 years. I read War and Peace at 12 years, all of the Brontes and Thomas Hardy as a young teen. I have read constantly throughout my nursing and academic career but not I find I am getting distracted after a couple of lines. Is it the 'twitter' effect? I still enjoy writing but often find I have missed out words. Does anyone else have this experience?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I'm finding that these days, there's a discrepancy between what I think I should be interested in, or what I used to be interested in, and what I am genuinely, or currently interested in. Unless it's what I'm genuinely interested in, it takes more energy than I'm willing to expend and is perhaps indistinguishable from ADD.
chalupacabre
Level 8
Nov 22, 2018
0
Maybe you are no longer that interested in the subject. I have found that if I have to do something I am not that interested in I am bad at it but when something I love then there is no stopping me. That did not happen to me when I was a kid but then older I get......
Jolanta
Level 9
Nov 22, 2018
1
I really am though, in fact it wasn't even that long.
Stress and fatigue. I'm just getting over man flu, and I've really little recall of the texts I read and essays I wrote.
Now I have to investigate what I've done and undo it...unless it's good! Which so far it hasn't been, but not too much. Just a couple of mentions of case studies, then that's up for marking 24 hours early.
Sofabeast
Level 7
Nov 22, 2018
0
Yes, I find myself leaving out words that I did not do previously. I have a PhD, but since becoming actively involved in text-based communications, I find myself leaving out key words as I type. Especially verbs. It seems that I leave out verbs more than any other part of speech.
Ive written and read technical writing for many years. It can be difficult and challenging depending the degree of field specific jargon appears. In an attempt to sound knowledgable, some writers engage in unnecessary pedantry, which makes the flow unnatural and more difficult to read.
t1nick
Level 8
Nov 22, 2018
2
I've... hahaha I've just been correcting my mistakes before posting up an assessment.
Do you think it is the 'text speech'?
@Amisja A combination of text-speech and a tendency to feel like you need to hurry up and send the work as soon as the last period is typed. This I believe has been created by the technology. Before this media we would look at the script, see the blue and red parts of our speech highlighted or underlined, then use spellcheck or grammerly to proof before sending anywhere. Now tthe technology gives a false sense of power encouraging us to get it "out their," right away, skipping the time we previously used editibg.
I feel ya pain, sister. Have been wading through highly technical documentation on an average of 5 hours sleep. Makes my brain itch.
MrBeelzeebubbles
Level 7
Nov 22, 2018
2
I was a fast reader -- up to 70 pages per hour. But, over the years I developed macular degeneration, which produces both blind spots in the center of the field of vision and spacial distortion. Over the years, it decreased both the rate of my reading and my concentration. It got progressively worse, until I virtually gave up serious reading over a decade ago.
wordywalt
Level 9
Nov 22, 2018
0
Oh I am so sorry
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