@JakobYeager One way to do this is to highlight the first word of a place you'd like to mentally note a break. Otherwise, we would just make a mental insert "there's a break here, new point" without any associated highlight/notes
#feedback - Just a random idea. It would be cool to have a little template space either on the module or maybe even a template in the notes to use for the passage style, low res summary, different perspectives etc.
I know I could use the notes section, and that in timed situations we wouldn't actually write it but just wanted to throw it out there since I think it could be helpful early on when learning and trying to keep track of my thoughts.
I found this passage easy because I could visualize it, whereas the last one was harder for me to even process. The LSAT is really messing with my emotions—I actually cried realizing that I’m not a complete idiot LOL.
Unironically, I actually love this debate about this specific property of glass.
Here's an interesting video that got me interested in this topic when the video first came out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wuh0NRG1s&ab_channel=Veritasium
Was curious about the topic so I did some reddit research. You likely already know what is discussed in this thread, but thought you might find this interesting:
I read the passage before I watched the video. I had the idea of what the passage talked about but the different voices and the connection to each other was not something I saw clearly at first. I am having difficulty understanding where and how the author portrays its voice in the paragraph.
This is just about as tough as an RC passage gets! In this paragraph, the key words to understand where the author's voice comes in "myth" and "the confusion probably arose..." By calling something a "myth," we know the author thinks the thing is not entirely true. And, by saying "the confusion probably arose...," the author is about to tell us why people are confused.
Hi Kevin, You picked up on the keyword of the author's perspective (Myth). In a timed situation how would you be able to discern that from background context? Also wanted to ask how were able to come up with the example of cheese and given the point in the video where you stopped and made that analogy, hypothetically, had there been a change in the passage that made your example incompatible (per say) how would you respond to that? Thanks again for making these videos!
After dozens of passages and hundreds of LR questions! A single word indicating author opinion is something that you'll see in quite a few other passages and LR problems. Anything indicating that another view is false or doubtful is not just regular background information.
With tough science passages, it's helpful to try to visualize the concepts as much as possible. So, I'm always trying to picture what's being described. Cheese made sense because it's pretty common to see it in both solid and more liquid-like forms. I think I recall that most metal probably is the same way -- if you heat it up enough, it becomes liquid.
If the passage ended up not confirming my example, then we'd just pay attention to what makes the situation described different. In fact, the concept described in the passage might stick out even more if there's something that goes against our expectations. Sometimes things are more difficult when we just assume that the way the passage describes something matches what we think is true in the real world.
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kevin please dont knock medieval glass i was so excited to see this topic compared to the LHB passage
my eyes are getting heavy
what the fuck is this
it literally made me do this passage for the drill in the previous curriculum section....
@MC567 Me too!!
#feedback It would be helpful to have a line-by-line breakdown in the written lesson
I am having a hard time distinguishing between context and the authors opinion.... But I guess it comes down to discriptive language
#feedback: - How should we "insert paragraph breaks" with the highlighting that is available to us?
@JakobYeager One way to do this is to highlight the first word of a place you'd like to mentally note a break. Otherwise, we would just make a mental insert "there's a break here, new point" without any associated highlight/notes
For some reason, I was given this passage in the Drill section for the Single Position Drill.
#feedback - Just a random idea. It would be cool to have a little template space either on the module or maybe even a template in the notes to use for the passage style, low res summary, different perspectives etc.
I know I could use the notes section, and that in timed situations we wouldn't actually write it but just wanted to throw it out there since I think it could be helpful early on when learning and trying to keep track of my thoughts.
Im waiting for my watching grass grow passage
same for watching paint dry
I found this passage easy because I could visualize it, whereas the last one was harder for me to even process. The LSAT is really messing with my emotions—I actually cried realizing that I’m not a complete idiot LOL.
@marymoussa67424 I agree, the last passage was more challenging than this one because of how abstract it was, in comparison.
Unironically, I actually love this debate about this specific property of glass.
Here's an interesting video that got me interested in this topic when the video first came out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6wuh0NRG1s&ab_channel=Veritasium
And here's a better one that stays on this specific topic better than the first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev48OEUV2bI&ab_channel=SciShow
Was curious about the topic so I did some reddit research. You likely already know what is discussed in this thread, but thought you might find this interesting:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/comments/1egyq44/anybody_remember_the_old_myth_that_glass_is_a/
Is he being sarcastic about him being excited about this topic? /ns
Logically I'm going to go with, yes!
I came looking for this comment LOL
same lol
nah, casual 7sagers don't know this but Kevin is an avid glass physics enjoyer
omg literally a passage about glass melting how boring can they get
I read the passage before I watched the video. I had the idea of what the passage talked about but the different voices and the connection to each other was not something I saw clearly at first. I am having difficulty understanding where and how the author portrays its voice in the paragraph.
This is just about as tough as an RC passage gets! In this paragraph, the key words to understand where the author's voice comes in "myth" and "the confusion probably arose..." By calling something a "myth," we know the author thinks the thing is not entirely true. And, by saying "the confusion probably arose...," the author is about to tell us why people are confused.
Hi Kevin, You picked up on the keyword of the author's perspective (Myth). In a timed situation how would you be able to discern that from background context? Also wanted to ask how were able to come up with the example of cheese and given the point in the video where you stopped and made that analogy, hypothetically, had there been a change in the passage that made your example incompatible (per say) how would you respond to that? Thanks again for making these videos!
After dozens of passages and hundreds of LR questions! A single word indicating author opinion is something that you'll see in quite a few other passages and LR problems. Anything indicating that another view is false or doubtful is not just regular background information.
With tough science passages, it's helpful to try to visualize the concepts as much as possible. So, I'm always trying to picture what's being described. Cheese made sense because it's pretty common to see it in both solid and more liquid-like forms. I think I recall that most metal probably is the same way -- if you heat it up enough, it becomes liquid.
If the passage ended up not confirming my example, then we'd just pay attention to what makes the situation described different. In fact, the concept described in the passage might stick out even more if there's something that goes against our expectations. Sometimes things are more difficult when we just assume that the way the passage describes something matches what we think is true in the real world.