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"I use Power Reading with my high school English classes. The results are excellent. The students increase comprehension and most double their reading speed. It works! I also recommend it to the adults in the real estate management classes I teach. It works for them too. I highly recommend it."
- M. Flack, English Teacher, L.A. City Schools
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"Having seen students from disadvantaged educational backgrounds succeed with the program, I know it can produce results if students practice what is taught. We are most enthusiastic with the results you were able to achieve and in such a short period of time. Again, thanks for all of your help."
- O.P. Johnson, Modesto Jr. College
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"I would like to thank you. All the students were excited about what they were achieving and many wanted to participate. All the students participating in the Power Reading program improved. Some made very dramatic gains.
My comprehension has increased with my speed. I feel as though my understanding of the material has gotten much clearer. I was quite impressed with the material presented. I am incorporating much of it in my English curriculum. I am very satisfied.
I would recommend this course to anyone who wanted to excel in academic areas. Any reference will be gladly given. I feel more qualified as a reader and a teacher of reading."
- T. Knight, English Teacher
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"I would say that the majority of students mentioned their improvement in reading as a real, positive part of the Summer Readiness Program. Personally, I feel the value in this area is even greater than those measured by the improvements in their test scores. Thank you."
- Sincerely, L. Collins, Teacher
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"As a teacher in the public schools with over ten years experience, I share with you the concern and even alarm at how poorly prepared many of our young people are when they complete high school.
In my personal search to find some way to help students, I have investigated many different programs and approaches to learning.
I have taken this course myself and was so impressed that I now teach it at the local YMCA.
As an educator, I believe Power Reading should be taught in the public schools. Someday I believe it will be but right now you are the only one who can provide your child with this truly outstanding program.
I urge you to read the testimonials and send for this course to see for yourself. You and your children deserve it."
Sincerely Yours,
T.J. Benn, Teacher, Modesto City Schools
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Dear Mr. Ostrov:
I am extremely pleased with the results I got from this reading course.
When I began the course, my goals were in terms of:
- Comprehension: to maintain or slightly improve the level of my comprehension,
- Speed: to double my speed while maintaining the level of my comprehension,
- Other: to be able to comprehend a vast variety of technical or arcane materials.
During the mid-course exam, I was reading 125% faster.
As I finished the course, I felt comfortable not only with the absolute increase but also with the now excellent level of my comprehension.
The most striking thing about this course, I think, is the recognition that one can read - or one can read more effectively. I could compare it to brushing your teeth: everyone does it, somewhat at least, but some people know how to clean their teeth more effectively than others.
This reading course has given me both the understanding of the mechanisms as well as the tools (the use of the regulator, for example) to determine at which level of speed and comprehension I chose to read.
Power Reading is well organized, easy to read. Having been in the educational business for quite some time, it amazes me how little emphasis educators put on a basic skill such as reading.
But this will change, of course, since I will implement Power Reading in my teaching. I will not rely on elementary school teachers to improve students' reading skills, or hope that some Freshmen English instructor picks up the slack. This semester, I teach a course on "Women in Antiquity" in which each student has to read and review one scholarly book. Before the end of this semester, I will have incorporated Power Reading in my teaching so that my students become power readers who have a choice at which speed or comprehension level they read.
I enthusiastically recommend Power Reading to any teacher or student.
Sincerely,
Dr. Joachim Vogeler, Professor
Louisiana State University
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