"What you get out of what you read is determined by how you read"

While reading the essay “Active Reading of Literature,” I realized that I have come across similar writings on the same subject. It is very easy to read something and not take in fully all the author is portraying. It’s like when the author says,
“Although people are surrounded by music much of the time, they don’t always listen to it. When the radio is on in the backround- in the cafeteria, in the car, at the gym, at home- people rarely really pay attention to the music. They are aware of it, but they don’t appreciate it fully.”
Information like this is very helpful for people who have a low reading comprehension level. When I was younger I hated reading. My reading comprehension level was always average. I would read words off of a page while allowing my mind to wander in many different directions. I found it difficult to pay attention to what I read. I wasn’t stupid. If I really wanted to read something I could read it properly. However, if something I was reading was not interesting to me it was hard for me to understand what I was reading because I wasn’t really reading. There is a big difference between reading the words off of a page and really reading words off of a page. I was able to get over this, as I matured and began to appreciate reading, through guidelines like the guidelines given in this essay. That is why I believe the statement “what you get out of what you read is determined by how you read,” is completely accurate. For instance, I may read a statement and believe it is a literal statement, but my peer may read the same statement and believe it is a metaphorical statement. There are different ways to read things. It all depends on the person and their perspective.