Dear fellow students... when's the last time you actually finished reading a book? maybe it's just me, but of the dozens of books I've read over the last few months I don't recall actually reading the entirety of any one book. Either it's just the first couple chapters, or a quick skim of the chapter headings, introductions and conclusions, or sometimes I just pick out the chapter or section that seems to suit my needs. I'm sure in terms of being a student that there really isn't any other way around it. I don't have the extra couple years that I'd need to finish all these books, and honestly I don't think I'd want to finish some of them even if I did have the time. But sometimes I worry that I might be missing out. What if there's some great revelation on page four hundred and forty seven that I skipped 'cause I was in a hurry? it's troubling, to a point. there's so much information and knowledge out there, sometimes I worry that I just don't have enough time to cram it all into my head.