I think that is a very common problem V. I don't necessarily learn things that way.
I find I learn better by doing or even listening if the "speaker" is "engaging".

When I used to study, I use to pretend I was the teacher. I kept a big chalk board, and I would read something and then try to teach what I read to a "pretend class" .
I learned much better that way because I was "using/doing" the information rather than just sitting and reading and expecting my brain to somehow remember it all.
I found that once I do something and "grasp" it, I actually "learn" whatever it is and retain it.

Actually, alot of people learn like I do, it is really the way we were designed to learn.
Think about it, primitive humans learned by observing and "doing" until they acquired a "new skill".

Even "lawyers" practice law, as well as doctors, therapists, etc "practice".

One of my big challenges was "talking" believe it or not. Everytime I tried to talk my father used to interupt me and either correct my english or try to get me to use bigger words. I know he meant well, however what he ended up doing is giving me what I call a kind of tick. I developed almost a studder where I had thoughts, things I wanted to say, but when I went to talk, I stumbled over the words. You see, I had grown to anticipate being "interupted" or critiqued so much that I struggled to speak a sentence. I was at my worst around adults or anyone I felt was highly educated.

I learned how to overcome that by "practicing" with children who don't judge, correct, or interupt. And what also helped was "reading story books out loud to myself or to children".

So think about that V, many people learn "by doing", perhaps read it aloud and pretend you need to have the pretend person you are reading to "understand" what is being read.

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