Need - RC Forum Expert - - Ask Me Anything about RC

generis You might say you are not an expert but for me you are... Huge fan of your explanation enjoys it going through. Every time I read I say myself I need to learn more

NandishSS , I am AN expert ...
Just not the Ask Me Anything Expert in SC.

There's only one GMATNinja. And he's as good as they come. Lucky us. (He will blush a little, but what I say is true.)

Thanks for the kind words.
You ask good questions, and more importantly IMO, make the forum a nice place to be.

You're welcome to tag me in RC (or in any section). I enjoy textual analysis. (On that dorky note, I'll shut up now.)

I would like to spend my humble opinion on this.

The real problem of RC is one: it is time-consuming.

Explaining a question why is wrong or right, especially related to a LONG reading and difficult passage (see the latest I am posting from GRE - they are even tougher than those on the real GMAT) really need an above-average dedication to explain.

Moreover, more often than not (but this is not clear evidence) the students do not ask for the most difficult ones or when is not clear a particular sentence or correlation among the paragraphs: no, sometimes they ask the entire bill. All the questions explained.

Notice that on youtube, the tutors who go through this process (explain a long passage - which is more usual - with 5/6 answer choices) spend 40 minutes more on a tutoring video.

Personally speaking, I am usually on the RC forum and I help as much as I can. And I think of being an expert. At least an advanced student

SC and CR are shots/bullets. RCs, in particular, those from these tests, are a form of art.

Look at this one provided by me (answer): https://gmatclub.com/forum/flatfish-suc ... l#p2304032

I had to read two times the passage, jot down a clear and useful explanation for the students: 10/15 minutes overall Maybe GMATNinja is faster than me.......but I do not think so

Regards

(Sorry -- was initially logged into a student's account when I wrote this, so that I could analyze his test results! Reposting as myself to avoid confusion.)

generis I'm glad that I can entertain! And if you could see me in person, you'd probably laugh even harder.

I agree with my brother carcass on this: the cost-benefit on an RC Ask Me Anything thread would be tricky, partly because it's really time-consuming to write good RC posts.

The other big factor is that RC doesn't lend itself well to general principles that would help a wide range of GMAT Club members. Imagine that an expert writes a long, beautiful explanation for an RC question (or for an entire passage). That explanation will help somebody who struggles with that specific passage, but will anybody else read it and benefit from it? Not usually.

In theory, the posts on the CR or SC Ask Me Anything threads are a little bit more likely to be broadly useful, I think. An explanation about how to handle a boldfaced question or a particular type of modifier, for example, might help a whole bunch of users. It's harder to generate that type of broadly useful content on an RC thread.

Just my two cents. I'm not against doing it, I'm just not sure that it would add much value beyond what's on existing RC threads. So if anybody disagrees, I'm all ears!

Totally agree with you Sir Charles GMATNinja.

What you said could be also seen from another perspective: whilst for CR and SC a good explanation could help the students to improve their performance to some point, the students, on the other hand, do not understand that improvements in the RC section are (strictly) skills related to the English Language.

In other words, your RC improvements depend on a direct proportion with your language skills to read complex scenarios. Yes, tips and tricks come into play. However, IF you do not master the English language you have almost nothing to do.

I do not wanna be unpopular among the students because for me being on the board and help them is almost a mission. I do like it so much. But in this scenario we are not talking about: " Sir, do you mind to show me where is the bus stop ?? ". Boom. I master the language.

Here, we are in a land very far from it.

Regards