I received this anonymous query from a reader recently. I have some thoughts on the issue, but would like to know what you all think. And please be gentle.
“You hear a lot of people making fun of people who mouth the words when they read to themselves. I was reading the newspaper on the train the other day and realized I was doing it! I felt sort of ashamed, because people seem to think it reflects a low IQ or something. I have been paying attention since then, and I don’t always do it, but it seems like reading in an environment with a lot of distractions sometimes causes me to. Should I take a speed-reading course?”