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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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...

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Reading the Iliad was nice for you?

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Haha right xD

Actually I just recently bought it because I finally want to read it. I'll see if I like it...

[–] Treedrake@fedia.io 8 points 3 weeks ago

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.