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John Sexton
Education & Law
John Sexton: No, I'm actually not an easy reader. Whether I'm dyslexic, or -- I mean, I've never been diagnosed. I read at one speed. So, I read exegetically -- I read very well, slowly, the meaning of text -- which is terrific for my two disciplines -- remember, I have a Ph.D. in religion, and I have a law degree. So, if you're studying a scriptural text or a legal text, this very slow but totally comprehending style of reading is exactly the right thing. And I'm capable of doing that very well. On the other hand, when one tries to read a novel -- you know, my wife reads a novel every day -- it can take me a month to read a novel. And I really have to force myself to that joy. My formative years in teaching were spent with high school students in debate. And I do what I call "debate reading." I can read a book in an hour -- and really get it -- if I'm reading in concentric circles. The first book I read, I'll read very slowly. The second book, a little more quickly. By the time I get to the fourth or fifth book on the same topic, I can read extremely quickly, with almost complete comprehension. So when I do that kind of vertical reading, I can read very quickly. But I'm embarrassingly unfamiliar with a set of canonical books that people would assume that I've read.
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