To Understand

* Read widely, tenaciously pursuing ideas of interest, remaining open to new interests;

* Gain insight after struggling for meaning;

* Read in order to reflect on ideas, remain open to new ideas while reading;

* Extend existing knowledge, beliefs and opinions;

* Manipulate thoughts to understand more completely;

* Consider multiple perspectives;

* Understand ways in which our beliefs and opinions have changed because of what we have learned;

* Engage in rigorous discourse about ideas;

Remember what we read . . .