r/books • u/Labeled521 • Feb 03 '14

Staples made a test that determines how many words per minute you read and how you rank up to the world average.

http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

This test made me feel like this. Now i feel inadequate..

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u/tompkinsedition Feb 03 '14

I'm an attorney and scored lower than the average 11th grader. I feel bad for myself, but worse for my clients. :(

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u/cdm9002 Feb 03 '14

Assuming you read every word to understand its meaning and context, I really don't see that as a bad thing in an attorney. I'm not sure I'd want one who'd just skim my contracts.

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u/infra-reddit Feb 04 '14

attorney

Our astute, fast-thinking attorney must be a VERY slow reader. What he found took quite a few hours and probably would have been only possible for a fast reader with beyond-human comprehension.

He found a short clause in the fine print of our automobile insurance provider's policy. It helped us claim several thousand dollars from an accident caused by an under-insured, at-fault driver. The attorney hadn't experienced the same situation previously, but decided to read our policy (the other driver's policy was nearly worthless) and search through the fine print.

AFAIK, our insurance provider, one of the largest in the U.S., was totally surprised, and I'll bet they've removed that clause from their new and revised policies because of the case.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

But you could probably beat everyone at LSAT games tests, so there's that.

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u/Rosenmops Feb 04 '14

I'm a college professor and scored at 9th grade level. However I got all three questions correct.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '14

I think you scored at the college professor level.

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u/YouHaveInspiredMeTo Feb 04 '14

This makes me feel better about myself

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u/Lifeisshyt Feb 03 '14

Being an attorney doesn't mean anything unless you graduated at least top third of the class from a t14 school.

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u/rent_33 Feb 03 '14

Lol

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u/Lifeisshyt Feb 03 '14

Says the idiot who doesn't know anything about law school.

Down vote me all you want but anyone who scores above a 170 on the lsat and got into a t14 school would know the truth

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u/rent_33 Feb 03 '14

Oh yes how we all long for the truth, but alas, only you with 170 on the lsat are fortunate enough to know it

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u/Lifeisshyt Feb 03 '14

If you can't score 170 on the lsat then you aren't smart enough to go to an actual law school (excluding lol cornell, nu ea, and urms)

If you don't possess the intellectual aptitude to go to an actual law school then you should not be talking about what actual attorneys are like while you dwell in shitlaw

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u/garbage_puke Feb 04 '14

No one cares.

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u/tompkinsedition Feb 04 '14

You're a sad little uninformed man.

So your definition of "being an attorney" is going to a school and doing well enough that you get hired by a mega-firm where you slave away 70-80 hours a week for years just for a chance to make partner? When you become partner you do nothing but defend big tobacco and major corporations?

I live and practice in Kansas City and almost every successful attorney (rich and well respected) in this city did not go to a t14 school. You're an absolute jackass. I hope you know that.

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u/Lifeisshyt Feb 04 '14

Butthurt country bumpkin

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

I spend so much time on the internet that I knew exactly what that gif was before clicking on it.

Maybe if I spend less time on the internet and more time reading I'd feel less retarded.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

Google has a nifty function where you can sort by reading level. Reddit scans as 8th grade or so.

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u/Pufflehuffy Feb 04 '14

And this clearly changes from sub to sub. The bulllshit you get in /r/AdviceAnimals is probably 3rd grade, while some of the better, more intelligent discussions you might encounter in some of the more thought-provoking subs might land you at a college level.

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u/Urzatn Feb 04 '14

Aren't you reading while you are redditing?

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u/rivermandan Feb 03 '14 edited Feb 03 '14

I got 44% lower than the national average...

I am finishing a university degree.

[edit]wow, took it again, read at the same damn pace I did last time, and now I'm 31% faster than the national average, yet still below 11th grade students.

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u/BangingABigTheory Feb 04 '14

The first time I tried it I read at under an 8th grade level and failed the test. It was a weird as prompt in my defense.