Reading Extreme

From the chapter reading it seems like reading at the college level is practically an Olympic sport. You have to stretch by previewing and reading is the actually activity where as your cool down is when you go back and annotate. I understand that it is important but who has the time? I usually do these things quickly or subconsciously. I flip through originally to see what i'm getting myself into, than read, and than i think about it a bit or i have a reaction. When ever i read a bout reading it always makes it sound like it is some big process, like i consciously have to sit down and go "alright and now i shell reflect". It makes it sound a bit silly, but i do like annotating to a certain extent. I like it when it's on my own terms, when teachers make you turn in an annotated paper i think it goes to far, because i might not need to annotate as much as someone else to be able to remember anything important. I hate things like that, where it's one size fits all, i'm a good reader and i need notes less. But it is important to have reading skills.