It is a good thing to sit back in your comfortable chair, with a tall glass of ice tea and read the end user agreements. I know any legal paper is not the most exciting reading, but it can save you 100′s of dollars by taking a few minutes, and leisurely read through them.

Reading things like mortgage papers, lease agreements. or cell phone contracts is not the most exciting reading there is. However, it is always good to know what you have agreed to do. I have lost count the number of times I have had people come to me and tell me stories of how they got themselves in a bind over not reading fully what they have signed.

Some time back a friend was attending the parent/teachers conference. He and his wife were told their child had a problem reading comprehension. The next day, he called me. He could not wrap his mind around why reading comprehension was so important.  His child read out loud quite well. The child even put emotion in what he was reading.

I proceeded to explain that it was not the reading, but the translation of what those words. In fact deep reading comprehension is understanding what the author is trying to say. Without good comprehension the world could take advantage of his child at he grew up.