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The way I framed it was, do I want to make a $300,000 bet that I would love being a lawyer more than I love this? And the answer to that question is no, because I honestly believe I love this at maximum. Like I don't know that there is more love in me than the love I have for the LSAT and for my LSAT students. And so like, I don't know what that would even look like. Like I understand like the prestige sticker is exciting and like cool, agree. But you know, I have, I have some prestige stickers already. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And so like, I don't know what that would even look like. Like I understand like the prestige sticker is exciting and like cool, agree. But you know, I have, I have some prestige stickers already. Like I'm good. I'm okay. It's kind of funny, actually, you say $300,000 bet, and I'm imagining that some people watching this might not understand how we came up with that number. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Like I'm good. I'm okay. It's kind of funny, actually, you say $300,000 bet, and I'm imagining that some people watching this might not understand how we came up with that number. Are you also including opportunity costs? I'm including just the law school transparency, complete repayment of a 10 year loan. Because the one thing we have to remember is not only the interest on the loan, but also the cost of living during law school. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Are you also including opportunity costs? I'm including just the law school transparency, complete repayment of a 10 year loan. Because the one thing we have to remember is not only the interest on the loan, but also the cost of living during law school. Not everybody has, you know, somebody buying them their food and their rent. And I certainly didn't. And so that like, I'm really just getting those numbers from LST and actually law school transparency is a great website. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Not everybody has, you know, somebody buying them their food and their rent. And I certainly didn't. And so that like, I'm really just getting those numbers from LST and actually law school transparency is a great website. Everybody should go there. Oh, I love, no, I love them. They're an amazing resource. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Everybody should go there. Oh, I love, no, I love them. They're an amazing resource. And I'll actually link to them below this video as well. Yeah, I pointed it out to somebody on Reddit the other day and Venetian lights, shout out to Venetian lights on Reddit. You have great posts. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And I'll actually link to them below this video as well. Yeah, I pointed it out to somebody on Reddit the other day and Venetian lights, shout out to Venetian lights on Reddit. You have great posts. Venetian lights posted and was like, what really? 350, 350? Or I think, I think I said 300. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Venetian lights posted and was like, what really? 350, 350? Or I think, I think I said 300. And then I was like, actually, it's more like 350. And I linked it to them. And they were like, oh, that's great. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And then I was like, actually, it's more like 350. And I linked it to them. And they were like, oh, that's great. And I was like, I said 300 and then I was like, actually, it's more like 350 and I linked to LST and like people didn't realize this. And so everybody should just lose an hour on LST. Yeah. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And I was like, I said 300 and then I was like, actually, it's more like 350 and I linked to LST and like people didn't realize this. And so everybody should just lose an hour on LST. Yeah. It's worth it. What kind of money you'd be putting up. Um, and it ends up, I think being about $3,500 a month. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
It's worth it. What kind of money you'd be putting up. Um, and it ends up, I think being about $3,500 a month. Um, which, you know, LSA tutoring doesn't sound all that expensive anymore. Yeah. 3,500 is like New York city rent. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Um, which, you know, LSA tutoring doesn't sound all that expensive anymore. Yeah. 3,500 is like New York city rent. Maybe 3,500 a month. I mean, in your low. Yeah. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Maybe 3,500 a month. I mean, in your low. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think it's a lot of money to do. Um, and that could be wrong. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah. I mean, I think it's a lot of money to do. Um, and that could be wrong. So that's a kind of shady number, but the return you get on even one point increase on the LSAT is insane. Um, it just in terms of your chances of getting admitted someplace higher versus a merit scholarship, because we have to remember the percentile jumps sometimes a lot more than the scaled score. Um, and like, there's a big difference between a 167 and a 168. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
So that's a kind of shady number, but the return you get on even one point increase on the LSAT is insane. Um, it just in terms of your chances of getting admitted someplace higher versus a merit scholarship, because we have to remember the percentile jumps sometimes a lot more than the scaled score. Um, and like, there's a big difference between a 167 and a 168. And yeah, might be just one question, but your chances at law school. Yeah. Law schools actually change a lot. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And yeah, might be just one question, but your chances at law school. Yeah. Law schools actually change a lot. Um, exactly. And that's why it's worth retaking so much more than it used to be. They don't average multiple scores and yeah, at the higher end, especially another point or two, you know, it's like going from 97th percentile to 99th percentiles, like maybe what three points, but that open, even that alone opens up crazy doors. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Um, exactly. And that's why it's worth retaking so much more than it used to be. They don't average multiple scores and yeah, at the higher end, especially another point or two, you know, it's like going from 97th percentile to 99th percentiles, like maybe what three points, but that open, even that alone opens up crazy doors. And you know, I heard from one student the other day who like got a hundred thousand dollars, a hundred thousand dollars in merit scholarships to law school. And like, yeah, by that comparison. Yeah, of course, like LSAT tutoring is like a drop in the bucket, like buying a $50 books to drop in the bucket. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And you know, I heard from one student the other day who like got a hundred thousand dollars, a hundred thousand dollars in merit scholarships to law school. And like, yeah, by that comparison. Yeah, of course, like LSAT tutoring is like a drop in the bucket, like buying a $50 books to drop in the bucket. It's well worth it. If you think something will help you. It's nuts. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
It's well worth it. If you think something will help you. It's nuts. Like you, like I had a student once she was a one and done 173 and she got half a million dollars in scholarship offers. Like half a million, half a million dollars. I mean, she applied to like the whole T14 almost. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Like you, like I had a student once she was a one and done 173 and she got half a million dollars in scholarship offers. Like half a million, half a million dollars. I mean, she applied to like the whole T14 almost. Um, her essay was also like legit. Um, but it, it really is staggering when you're, when you see the other side, it's so hard when you're coming into it and you're inexperienced and you've never been through this before. And like, you know, once I'm the, I know once I'd be three sound exactly the same, what's the big difference. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Um, her essay was also like legit. Um, but it, it really is staggering when you're, when you see the other side, it's so hard when you're coming into it and you're inexperienced and you've never been through this before. And like, you know, once I'm the, I know once I'd be three sound exactly the same, what's the big difference. But when someone like you and me, we've seen people through it for a lot of years and seen what happens after you apply. A lot of people are like, I just want to take it. I just want to submit. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
But when someone like you and me, we've seen people through it for a lot of years and seen what happens after you apply. A lot of people are like, I just want to take it. I just want to submit. I just want to like be done. And like, I respect that, you know, it's a real emotion and I don't give anybody shade for having those feelings. But what I base my advice on is what you really want, which is to get in and to get money. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
I just want to like be done. And like, I respect that, you know, it's a real emotion and I don't give anybody shade for having those feelings. But what I base my advice on is what you really want, which is to get in and to get money. And a lot of times just take it, just submit, just be done is antithetical with get in, get money because like that's what you really want. And that's why, you know, maybe a retake is, is better. Maybe another draft of that personal statement is better. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And a lot of times just take it, just submit, just be done is antithetical with get in, get money because like that's what you really want. And that's why, you know, maybe a retake is, is better. Maybe another draft of that personal statement is better. Just for those long-term goals. No, I totally agree. I think a lot of that comes out down to like frustration and impatience. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Just for those long-term goals. No, I totally agree. I think a lot of that comes out down to like frustration and impatience. And obviously the LSAT makes smart people feel stupid a lot of the time. And so that's not fun, right? Like people want to just move on and do something more fun. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And obviously the LSAT makes smart people feel stupid a lot of the time. And so that's not fun, right? Like people want to just move on and do something more fun. Cause like no one's other than us, maybe too much, not so many people are passionate about the LSAT, but a lot of people are passionate about law school. And that seems like the way more exciting place you just want to get to already. But whatever point you're at in your life, another year is not going to make a difference if that's what it takes. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Cause like no one's other than us, maybe too much, not so many people are passionate about the LSAT, but a lot of people are passionate about law school. And that seems like the way more exciting place you just want to get to already. But whatever point you're at in your life, another year is not going to make a difference if that's what it takes. And now that the LSAT is going to be offered something like what, nine, 10 times a year, like there's always another retake opportunity around the corner. Yeah. I've had a lot of students actually, I'd like to say for the record, reach out to me and tell me they missed the LSAT. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
And now that the LSAT is going to be offered something like what, nine, 10 times a year, like there's always another retake opportunity around the corner. Yeah. I've had a lot of students actually, I'd like to say for the record, reach out to me and tell me they missed the LSAT. Yeah. You made them love it, huh? That is not just a couple of people. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
Yeah. You made them love it, huh? That is not just a couple of people. That's a good number of people. And especially tell me that the way I do LR has massively, massively helped them in law school. And that if they did not do LR with me, they would have perished, which of course I'm warm and fuzzy. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
That's a good number of people. And especially tell me that the way I do LR has massively, massively helped them in law school. And that if they did not do LR with me, they would have perished, which of course I'm warm and fuzzy. But the LSAT isn't the big dragon. I think that everybody thinks it is. It can feel like it is, but man, when you're on the other side, you look back and it's not nearly as bad as it feels like it is in the moment. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
But the LSAT isn't the big dragon. I think that everybody thinks it is. It can feel like it is, but man, when you're on the other side, you look back and it's not nearly as bad as it feels like it is in the moment. Yeah. It actually, once you start to understand it on a deeper level, it actually becomes like strangely fun. And I think that's part of why I stuck with it. | $300,000 Law School Bet Why LSAT Retakes Are Worth It_segment0.mp3 |
We got to get better at what we extract from the passage, sort of like briefing a case in law school. We got to become more aware of the various question types that are involved because they have different nuances, different strategies, different difficulty levels. And then we've got to be masters of the answers because a lot of times an answer is wrong for one word. Today we're just going to focus on the big picture part and think about some tools for getting interested, finding big ideas and retaining them. But let's start with a thought experiment. Let's pretend that we're about to go shopping and this is our shopping list. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Today we're just going to focus on the big picture part and think about some tools for getting interested, finding big ideas and retaining them. But let's start with a thought experiment. Let's pretend that we're about to go shopping and this is our shopping list. Doesn't look too bad. Do we even need to bring it? Kind of look like a nerd. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Doesn't look too bad. Do we even need to bring it? Kind of look like a nerd. We've got this. What a tragedy befell the hubris of man as I strode through the store, confidently remembering like the last two things I had read. And then winter comes and I can't find my way back home. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
We've got this. What a tragedy befell the hubris of man as I strode through the store, confidently remembering like the last two things I had read. And then winter comes and I can't find my way back home. The reality is we are not going to remember what we just read unless we've got a scheme to pin it down. How do memory experts pin stuff down? There's people who memorized like the first 200 digits of pi. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
The reality is we are not going to remember what we just read unless we've got a scheme to pin it down. How do memory experts pin stuff down? There's people who memorized like the first 200 digits of pi. So they're like pi, then one, then five, then nine, then two, then six. Stop. That is not how we do it. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
So they're like pi, then one, then five, then nine, then two, then six. Stop. That is not how we do it. We use chunking. Is that the sound a reggae guitar makes? Chunking, chunking. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
We use chunking. Is that the sound a reggae guitar makes? Chunking, chunking. Chunking means that we put a few different things into one box. So you're not listing out individuals. You're thinking 1592, 65, 35. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Chunking means that we put a few different things into one box. So you're not listing out individuals. You're thinking 1592, 65, 35. Hey remember 89, 79? I remember that guy. You can remember more with less if you chunk. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Hey remember 89, 79? I remember that guy. You can remember more with less if you chunk. The idea though is that we've got to make these chunks memorable. 1592, 1492 is the Columbus, so 100 after Columbus. Okay, 100 after Columbus. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
The idea though is that we've got to make these chunks memorable. 1592, 1492 is the Columbus, so 100 after Columbus. Okay, 100 after Columbus. 65, 35. That's up to 100. You retire at 65? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
65, 35. That's up to 100. You retire at 65? 65, 35. 89, 79. It's like the end of a decade. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
65, 35. 89, 79. It's like the end of a decade. So it's New Year's Eve, 1989 or 1979. What's really relevant to Reading Comp here is the amount of effort we have to put in to making these chunks memorable. There's no way to remember 15 things, but there is a way to remember four things if you work at it and you keep saying it back to yourself, it gets shorter every time you say it because you're chunking your chunks. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
So it's New Year's Eve, 1989 or 1979. What's really relevant to Reading Comp here is the amount of effort we have to put in to making these chunks memorable. There's no way to remember 15 things, but there is a way to remember four things if you work at it and you keep saying it back to yourself, it gets shorter every time you say it because you're chunking your chunks. Did you just say you're chunking your chunks, hombre? Yes I did, hombre. Gotta go. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Did you just say you're chunking your chunks, hombre? Yes I did, hombre. Gotta go. He thought we were cool. All right, let's help this guy out. How could we organize these 15 things into three or four categories? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
He thought we were cool. All right, let's help this guy out. How could we organize these 15 things into three or four categories? Some of this is basically an Italian meal. Some of these are sort of like breakfast, morning, and then we've got the leftovers. We can even re-chunk wipes and soap, just call it cleaners. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Some of this is basically an Italian meal. Some of these are sort of like breakfast, morning, and then we've got the leftovers. We can even re-chunk wipes and soap, just call it cleaners. But I mean, hey, I'm feeling frisky. Let's mix it up, let's chunk it a different way. What do we got, what do we got? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
But I mean, hey, I'm feeling frisky. Let's mix it up, let's chunk it a different way. What do we got, what do we got? Some of these items are carbs. A bunch of these are cold or frozen, and then some of them you can't eat. And I've tried. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Some of these items are carbs. A bunch of these are cold or frozen, and then some of them you can't eat. And I've tried. Chunking is kind of like running a compression algorithm on your thoughts, like making a zip file of the paragraph you just read. But you've got to remember to do it. You actually have to pause, digest a few ingredients, and create a label for how to remember all of them together. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Chunking is kind of like running a compression algorithm on your thoughts, like making a zip file of the paragraph you just read. But you've got to remember to do it. You actually have to pause, digest a few ingredients, and create a label for how to remember all of them together. I got the reasons why organicism is dumb. What do you got? I got how organicism got started. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
I got the reasons why organicism is dumb. What do you got? I got how organicism got started. This person didn't do a very good job chunking. All the boxes just say something about science. The human brain is best at remembering stories. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
This person didn't do a very good job chunking. All the boxes just say something about science. The human brain is best at remembering stories. And most stories have a three-act structure. There's a setup, there's a conflict or climax, and then there's some sort of resolution or following action. Most reading compassages have about two or three big functional parts as well. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
And most stories have a three-act structure. There's a setup, there's a conflict or climax, and then there's some sort of resolution or following action. Most reading compassages have about two or three big functional parts as well. And so once we find the first part, we can figure out, we can pre-label the other boxes that we will be reading to fill in. Remember this is still a standardized test. And just like Hollywood, standardized tests kind of need to stick to a few formulas. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
And so once we find the first part, we can figure out, we can pre-label the other boxes that we will be reading to fill in. Remember this is still a standardized test. And just like Hollywood, standardized tests kind of need to stick to a few formulas. So there aren't that many different genres of reading compassages. And once we get used to them, we have a better sense of what to expect. What kind of movie are we seeing? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
So there aren't that many different genres of reading compassages. And once we get used to them, we have a better sense of what to expect. What kind of movie are we seeing? I think it's a romantic comedy. Well then I guess there's three things we know. When we first start off, one of them's with the wrong person. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
I think it's a romantic comedy. Well then I guess there's three things we know. When we first start off, one of them's with the wrong person. And then a miscommunication threatens everything until a grand gesture saves the day. Duncan, is that you? Sniffles? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
And then a miscommunication threatens everything until a grand gesture saves the day. Duncan, is that you? Sniffles? Is that you? Gang, this is Sniffles the Clown. We dated for a while back when I was living in San Antonio. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Is that you? Gang, this is Sniffles the Clown. We dated for a while back when I was living in San Antonio. Well Duncan, I see you're still trying to reduce life to your templates. Okay, they're called frameworks, first of all. And secondly, what we should be talking about is why you stood me up at that Denny's three years ago. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Well Duncan, I see you're still trying to reduce life to your templates. Okay, they're called frameworks, first of all. And secondly, what we should be talking about is why you stood me up at that Denny's three years ago. I thought you were dead. Maybe I even hoped you were. Just as different movie genres cause us to expect different things, different reading comp frameworks will cause us to expect different big ideas. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
I thought you were dead. Maybe I even hoped you were. Just as different movie genres cause us to expect different things, different reading comp frameworks will cause us to expect different big ideas. Pause the recording and read this little blurb Lsac wrote. Here Lsac's acknowledging some of their common frameworks, like they might present a controversial position so that the author can attack it or defend it. We might critique someone's point of view or just examine it neutrally. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Pause the recording and read this little blurb Lsac wrote. Here Lsac's acknowledging some of their common frameworks, like they might present a controversial position so that the author can attack it or defend it. We might critique someone's point of view or just examine it neutrally. We might ask a puzzling question and try to answer it. Or we might just highlight some noteworthy figure or event. What we're trying to develop is a habit of stopping now and then to zip up what we've read digested into a simple chunk. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
We might ask a puzzling question and try to answer it. Or we might just highlight some noteworthy figure or event. What we're trying to develop is a habit of stopping now and then to zip up what we've read digested into a simple chunk. And we also want to try to like label some of the blanks we want to fill in as we go, like what will the important chunks be? And frameworks provide us a vocabulary for that. We can remind ourselves, I just got to remember the old, the new, and how the author feels about the new. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
And we also want to try to like label some of the blanks we want to fill in as we go, like what will the important chunks be? And frameworks provide us a vocabulary for that. We can remind ourselves, I just got to remember the old, the new, and how the author feels about the new. I just got to remember side one and side two of the debate and then the author's position, the generalization and the specific, the funky question and the author's answer. Almost all passages only have two or three big ideas. Hey, nice frameworks, hombre. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
I just got to remember side one and side two of the debate and then the author's position, the generalization and the specific, the funky question and the author's answer. Almost all passages only have two or three big ideas. Hey, nice frameworks, hombre. Thanks, dude. Do you know of any parties? Okay, pause the recording and read this. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Thanks, dude. Do you know of any parties? Okay, pause the recording and read this. To me, most of reading comp is the first paragraph. I got to settle on the central topic. That'll be the subject of the main point. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
To me, most of reading comp is the first paragraph. I got to settle on the central topic. That'll be the subject of the main point. I got to pick up frameworks so that I can organize the rest of the material as I go. And I want to figure out is my author's thesis in that first paragraph or am I still reading waiting for the author to make an appearance? When we're trying to think of a topic, we don't need it to be a sentence, but you want it to be more than just a boring noun. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
I got to pick up frameworks so that I can organize the rest of the material as I go. And I want to figure out is my author's thesis in that first paragraph or am I still reading waiting for the author to make an appearance? When we're trying to think of a topic, we don't need it to be a sentence, but you want it to be more than just a boring noun. When you're picking a framework, you'll probably find that there's more than one possible and that could apply. That's totally fine. Just pick one that you think would be usable and get going. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
When you're picking a framework, you'll probably find that there's more than one possible and that could apply. That's totally fine. Just pick one that you think would be usable and get going. When you're listening for the author's voice, the most common places to find it will be the end of the first paragraph, beginning of the second or at the very end. But in particular, listen for pivot words like but, yet, however, recently, because they commonly introduce the main purpose or focus of the passage. This first sentence is brutal. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
When you're listening for the author's voice, the most common places to find it will be the end of the first paragraph, beginning of the second or at the very end. But in particular, listen for pivot words like but, yet, however, recently, because they commonly introduce the main purpose or focus of the passage. This first sentence is brutal. I would be totally numb. I would read it four times. And I would start to go back and be like, all right, let's do bite-sized pieces. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
I would be totally numb. I would read it four times. And I would start to go back and be like, all right, let's do bite-sized pieces. Just get that opening clause. Tracing the changing face of the Irish landscape. Nope, still meant nothing. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Just get that opening clause. Tracing the changing face of the Irish landscape. Nope, still meant nothing. Just get that first noun, Irish landscape. And picturing grass and moss and leprechauns and the cliffs of moher, the Blarney stone. That's the best Irish accent I've ever done, which isn't saying much. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Just get that first noun, Irish landscape. And picturing grass and moss and leprechauns and the cliffs of moher, the Blarney stone. That's the best Irish accent I've ever done, which isn't saying much. The changing face of the landscape. What is the face of a landscape? No, get out of here. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
The changing face of the landscape. What is the face of a landscape? No, get out of here. That's the wrong face. Like the grass, the rocks, just the habitat. Is that what they mean? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
That's the wrong face. Like the grass, the rocks, just the habitat. Is that what they mean? They're just keeping track of how the habitat changes. Okay, I understand what changing Irish landscape means. There are scholars who basically research this and they rely primarily on documents. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
They're just keeping track of how the habitat changes. Okay, I understand what changing Irish landscape means. There are scholars who basically research this and they rely primarily on documents. Okay, so right now I think the topic is people who try to measure how Ireland's rocks and grasses have changed. Now what sort of framework might this be leading towards? Well, the idea of traditionally hints at old versus new. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Okay, so right now I think the topic is people who try to measure how Ireland's rocks and grasses have changed. Now what sort of framework might this be leading towards? Well, the idea of traditionally hints at old versus new. And primarily often indicates that the author will kind of challenge that, go against the mainstream. And sure enough, the next sentence starts with one of those signature author pivot words. You're like, okay, is this my author? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
And primarily often indicates that the author will kind of challenge that, go against the mainstream. And sure enough, the next sentence starts with one of those signature author pivot words. You're like, okay, is this my author? Oh my God, it is. Oh my God, she's expressing her opinion. She said fragmentary. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Oh my God, it is. Oh my God, she's expressing her opinion. She said fragmentary. That's negative. Man, when you find the author's voice in a passage, it is time to celebrate. I mean, this is it. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
That's negative. Man, when you find the author's voice in a passage, it is time to celebrate. I mean, this is it. This is the key, right? This is what gets us out of the escape room. There's only two or three really important moments to find. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
This is the key, right? This is what gets us out of the escape room. There's only two or three really important moments to find. And so we slow down and say it to ourself like a 10 year old. The scholars are relying on documents, but the documents are kind of dumb. Frameworks keep us focused on what the two or three big ideas are. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
And so we slow down and say it to ourself like a 10 year old. The scholars are relying on documents, but the documents are kind of dumb. Frameworks keep us focused on what the two or three big ideas are. With this second sentence where we see the sort of tension between scholars are primarily relying on something that's fragmentary at best. Sounds like we've got a problem or a position we want to challenge. So we have a few different frameworks. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
With this second sentence where we see the sort of tension between scholars are primarily relying on something that's fragmentary at best. Sounds like we've got a problem or a position we want to challenge. So we have a few different frameworks. You know, we could say old, new. The old thing was that they use documents to track how Ireland's landscape was changing. But maybe there's going to be a new thing. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
You know, we could say old, new. The old thing was that they use documents to track how Ireland's landscape was changing. But maybe there's going to be a new thing. Or the problem is they're using this freaking fragmentary method. So maybe there's going to be some solution, a better, less fragmentary method. Or we could understand it as like, there's a position. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Or the problem is they're using this freaking fragmentary method. So maybe there's going to be some solution, a better, less fragmentary method. Or we could understand it as like, there's a position. These scholars think, hey guys, documents are the best. And our author is saying, fragmentary much? We can pick any of these, but once we pick one, it'll give us a vocabulary for what blanks we want to fill in. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
These scholars think, hey guys, documents are the best. And our author is saying, fragmentary much? We can pick any of these, but once we pick one, it'll give us a vocabulary for what blanks we want to fill in. All right. The author doesn't like this. What's her solution? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
All right. The author doesn't like this. What's her solution? Why is the author challenging this position? Pause the recording and reread this last sentence. Try to relate it back to a framework. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Why is the author challenging this position? Pause the recording and reread this last sentence. Try to relate it back to a framework. The last sentence doesn't have anything new. It just unpacks the sentence that began with however. Hey author, why should we believe it's a fragmentary record? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
The last sentence doesn't have anything new. It just unpacks the sentence that began with however. Hey author, why should we believe it's a fragmentary record? Well, because the reliable accounts are very scarce. And the things we do have are too selectively focused on military or commercial interests. Okay. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Well, because the reliable accounts are very scarce. And the things we do have are too selectively focused on military or commercial interests. Okay. At the end of the first paragraph, you stop and you summarize where you're at, what you're looking for. We're talking about people studying Ireland's habitat. What they've been using, documents, is not a great source. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
At the end of the first paragraph, you stop and you summarize where you're at, what you're looking for. We're talking about people studying Ireland's habitat. What they've been using, documents, is not a great source. So we're reading with an expectation that we'll find some new way to study the Irish landscape. Pause the recording and read a couple more sentences. Welcome back. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
So we're reading with an expectation that we'll find some new way to study the Irish landscape. Pause the recording and read a couple more sentences. Welcome back. Oh, thank goodness we were reading with an agenda or else I don't think we would have read that sentence and went, oh, here it is, the treasure that I've been looking for. But we found it, an additional means. We have to connect the dots that when we're talking about investigating landscape change, it's a callback to what we were doing in the first sentence. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Oh, thank goodness we were reading with an agenda or else I don't think we would have read that sentence and went, oh, here it is, the treasure that I've been looking for. But we found it, an additional means. We have to connect the dots that when we're talking about investigating landscape change, it's a callback to what we were doing in the first sentence. We used to rely primarily on documents. We got an additional means. Why don't you tell us what it is, author? | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
We used to rely primarily on documents. We got an additional means. Why don't you tell us what it is, author? Pollen grain fossils. Cool. Pause the recording and read the rest of the paragraph. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Pollen grain fossils. Cool. Pause the recording and read the rest of the paragraph. Welcome back. Let's just recap the big picture for ourselves. The old way was that they use documents. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
Welcome back. Let's just recap the big picture for ourselves. The old way was that they use documents. A new way is that they can also look at fossils of pollen grain. And our author is pretty optimistic about this new way. She thinks in many cases it'll correct or supplement the documentary record. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
A new way is that they can also look at fossils of pollen grain. And our author is pretty optimistic about this new way. She thinks in many cases it'll correct or supplement the documentary record. The documentary record. Sometimes you have to climb back up into the passage to connect the dots. That's very worthwhile. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
The documentary record. Sometimes you have to climb back up into the passage to connect the dots. That's very worthwhile. If we don't notice callbacks, then we don't really understand the movie that we're watching. At this point in this passage, I feel like I'm basically done. I know the topic is people trying to study Ireland's changing habitat. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
If we don't notice callbacks, then we don't really understand the movie that we're watching. At this point in this passage, I feel like I'm basically done. I know the topic is people trying to study Ireland's changing habitat. I know that the old kind of sucky way was looking at documents and the new kind of optimistic way is using pollen grain. Go ahead and read the rest of the passage and see if there's any more big ideas that we would need to add into that mix. All right, welcome back. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
I know that the old kind of sucky way was looking at documents and the new kind of optimistic way is using pollen grain. Go ahead and read the rest of the passage and see if there's any more big ideas that we would need to add into that mix. All right, welcome back. So just recapping, we had just come from learning our solution. Pollen grains are an additional means that could correct the documentary record. The old was documents, the new is pollen grains. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |
So just recapping, we had just come from learning our solution. Pollen grains are an additional means that could correct the documentary record. The old was documents, the new is pollen grains. On we go. The beginning of the next paragraph is for example. So this whole paragraph is small, it's just evidence. | 1. Big Picture Reading LSAT Reading Comprehension_segment0.mp3 |