How would anyone recommend making the low res summaries and making evident breaks in the paragraphs when we are writing the LSAT on a screen and are not able to physically mark up the page for visual sake?
@mvivot also personal opinions through actual statements or adjectives the author uses to cleverly indicate thier feelings. And i color coordinate depending on what im highlighting
How do you know that the first perspective talks about a short event? Because the second disagrees and mentions that it was over the course of a billion years? I feel like we don't have enough information to assume that because /long = short.
idk if its just me, the low res summarys acc hinder me, my times much better and I get the answer right really fast when I just read and go back lol. Idk it just doesn't work with my brain ig
@AngelicaAnzaldi I think it's because we don't have a pen/annotation. The video circles, underlines, and annotates, but we only have 3 different highlighters. It's much more brainpower to make the low res summary. I just highlight key terms/points.
@chrisabulia ya same! I feel like convincing myself I had to do it a certain way stresses me out, esp if it's not ideal for me. I remember better if I just read it, highlight, instead of forcing myself to low res every paragraph.
I came up with a totally different low-res summary before Kevin started breaking it down, but I think this is still understandable and maybe even short enough to write on test day. I don;t I won't have to rely on writing stuff down by then.
1) intro
ctx.
2. ast.
period
short time-only local
It gives me enough information that I can just recant the arguments in my head.
If a Passage can be described as Phenomenon-Hypothesis, Problem-Analysis, or Spotlight, I'd prefer to focus on those styles over Critique or Debate, because those are more specific patterns. It's not wrong to think of this as Critique or Debate, but it's more useful to recognize that the author is discussing different causal hypotheses.
@Kevin Lin To clarify, it is possible to have a critique/debate passage that doesn't fall into any of the three engagement styles? I know that a passage can fall into both perspective/engagement but can it only be one? Similarly can one of the three engagement styles not fall into any single position/critique debate types?
What would you think about using the highlighting tool for marking the breaks in really large paragraphs? That way it is more visually distinctive and it's much quicker to go back and find your place. I hear that the tool can be a little clunky and that it might sacrifice too much time to try and use it. What are your thoughts?
I like it, but as with anything involving LawHub features it requires practice. There have been reports that the highlight feature doesn't work great during the test, so I wouldn't want to rely on a technique that requires long, precise highlights. But using a single color and highlight a few words to signify breaks in a paragraph sounds like it could be very helpful.
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this is so cooked.
lol.
my brain is static
How would anyone recommend making the low res summaries and making evident breaks in the paragraphs when we are writing the LSAT on a screen and are not able to physically mark up the page for visual sake?
@vivianacostante ive been highlighting the start of povs/new ideas and main points/impt points in arguements. Makes it easier to skim.
@mvivot also personal opinions through actual statements or adjectives the author uses to cleverly indicate thier feelings. And i color coordinate depending on what im highlighting
I also took ASTRO C10 (Astronomy for Presidents at UC Berkeley)!
we are supposed to understand this in like 3-5 minutes?!?
@Lizeth13 no literally
boooooooooooooooof is what i got from this article tbh
How do you know that the first perspective talks about a short event? Because the second disagrees and mentions that it was over the course of a billion years? I feel like we don't have enough information to assume that because /long = short.
why am I struggling
@Gabi cuz its hard. we all are
"They can't scare us!" Channeling this energy haha
idk if its just me, the low res summarys acc hinder me, my times much better and I get the answer right really fast when I just read and go back lol. Idk it just doesn't work with my brain ig
@AngelicaAnzaldi I think it's because we don't have a pen/annotation. The video circles, underlines, and annotates, but we only have 3 different highlighters. It's much more brainpower to make the low res summary. I just highlight key terms/points.
@chrisabulia ya same! I feel like convincing myself I had to do it a certain way stresses me out, esp if it's not ideal for me. I remember better if I just read it, highlight, instead of forcing myself to low res every paragraph.
(1) make a low-resolution summary
diff theories trying to explain the evidence from the moon samples and size of craters.
(2) identify different perspectives and the author’s attitude
sci 1 - LHB result of big asteroid désintégration
sci 2 - disagree and say latter impacts obliterated evidence of earlier impacts
sci 3 - brief duration and existed between earth and moon
(3) predict the direction of the next paragraph.
offer authors own opinion
astronomy for athletes LOL
@jjjjffff I heard that and ran to the comments lol
I would indeed expect the moon to be peppered with all kinds of crater's.
Anyone else having fun with this stuff or is it just me?
hellian
Now I'm thinking about the HBO series "From Earth to the Moon"
Group 1: One big boom, because big craters.
Group 2: Many small booms, later booms covered up earlier booms.
Group 3: One mid-size boom, because boom was too short and localized to be super-big.
Kevin's explanations: 5 BIG BOOMS!!! BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
I was waiting for this comment lol
I deeply hate any science-related passages :(
I came up with a totally different low-res summary before Kevin started breaking it down, but I think this is still understandable and maybe even short enough to write on test day. I don;t I won't have to rely on writing stuff down by then.
1) intro
ctx.
2. ast.
period
short time-only local
It gives me enough information that I can just recant the arguments in my head.
"I'm not aware of God the janitor" made me laugh out loud
Wow. I tried doing my own low-res summaries for this passage. This was insanely hard for me to understand. Ugh.
How can we distinguish between the critique/debate and phen-hypo style for this kind of passage?
If a Passage can be described as Phenomenon-Hypothesis, Problem-Analysis, or Spotlight, I'd prefer to focus on those styles over Critique or Debate, because those are more specific patterns. It's not wrong to think of this as Critique or Debate, but it's more useful to recognize that the author is discussing different causal hypotheses.
@Kevin Lin To clarify, it is possible to have a critique/debate passage that doesn't fall into any of the three engagement styles? I know that a passage can fall into both perspective/engagement but can it only be one? Similarly can one of the three engagement styles not fall into any single position/critique debate types?
@anjjredd Yes, it's possible. There are some passages out there that are hard to view as problem/solution phenomenon/hypothesis or spotlight.
What would you think about using the highlighting tool for marking the breaks in really large paragraphs? That way it is more visually distinctive and it's much quicker to go back and find your place. I hear that the tool can be a little clunky and that it might sacrifice too much time to try and use it. What are your thoughts?
I like it, but as with anything involving LawHub features it requires practice. There have been reports that the highlight feature doesn't work great during the test, so I wouldn't want to rely on a technique that requires long, precise highlights. But using a single color and highlight a few words to signify breaks in a paragraph sounds like it could be very helpful.
Science RC Passages are like Xandlebars, got my eyes heavy with no backwoods