My reading compared to Adler's reading is about the same because I do read between the lines and I think about what the author really means rather than just reading to pass through time and getting it over with. The only difference between me and Adler is probably marking the book. Marking the book is something I don't normally do because I believe that if I buy a book as expensive as $30-$200 I wouldn't want to ruin it by simply writing on it. If I buy a paperback book that I simply need to write on or need something to remind me of what I was thinking at the time, I would do it. Otherwise, I regularly wouldn't.

The way that Adler reads a book is by going through each word and sentence one by one and really thinking about it. He either underlines the words and phrases he likes or the most important points of the paragraph. He will put foot notes on the margin to remind himself what he was thinking or questioning about at the time. This is something I would do if I was marking my book. I would simply highlight most of the important parts of the book and leave myself foot notes on what I was thinking at the time. Our differences in reading are simply mere but like I said, marking a book is something I normally don't do.

Karla Flores

This story is rather interesting because I have never heard most of these excuses. I, myself have used one of the excuses which was the “family emergency” but the other ones seem like a classic. The categories that Segal identifies in the story were: the family, the best friend, the evils of dorm life, the evils of technology, and the totally bizarre. Each type of category has it’s own type of excuse and it seems all very true unless you have heard them over and over like a teacher would.
Some of the excuses were rather exaggerated because we know that people wouldn’t really lie about having their grandfather/grandmother die just to get out of a deadline. Family excuses are usually the most believable ones and the least believable would probably the most bizarre ones. Although the bizarre excuses don’t seem real, they can be the most legitimate excuse they can have.
The technology problems are the most technical problems because most computers or any electronic device are not perfect and they do have bugs on them. It’s harder to work with technology these days but most of the time it’s very useful and very easy. We just need to find the best type of technology to use and a warranty to back it up. Dorm life is not as believable as the rest of the excuses because they are the most common excuse used by college students these days. The excuses Segal stated on this paper seemed more exaggerated than usual and should be looked into more carefully.